The Humbugs of the World

An account of humbugs, delusions, impositions, quackeries, deceits and deceivers generally, in all ages.

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eBook, 424 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 1865 by Carleton.

OCLC Number:
23905883

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American archetype and cultural founding father, Phineas Taylor Barnum shares a varied collection of anecdotes that he deems “humbugs”—fodder for the gullible, deserving of skepticism—with the stated goal of making his fellow citizens a little wiser and more skeptical.

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  • Impostors and imposture.

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