The Big Book of Hoaxes

In 1980, Rosie Ruiz ran one of the top times in the New York City Marathon by secretly taking the subway! In 1844, a balloon crossed the Atlantic in an unprecedented three days, an invention of a sales hungry newspaperman. And in 1915, Fritz Kreisler became one of America'sbest known violinists, playing little known works by composers like Vivaldi, which Kreisler wrote himself. Whether it's Van Gogh's ear or Hitler's diaries, this huge volume spotlights fakers, phonies, and hoaxters.