A Story of Ambition in 50 HoaxesThe con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life for a glamorous one but they all chose the lowest, fastest road to get there. Every hoax is a curtain, and behind it is a deceiver operating levers and smoke machines to make us see what is not there and miss what is. As P. T. Barnum knew, you can short circuit critical thinking in any century by telling