16 audio discs (20.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time
203000
Description
digital optical stereo rda
audio file rda
CD audio
Note
Title from container.
Performer
Read by Mirron Willis.
Note
Compact discs.
Summary
Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes people so gullible. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington, and What Is It?, an African American man Barnum professed was a newly discovered missing link in evolution.
