{"product_id":"hail-to-the-fraud","title":"Hail to the Fraud","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Anthology of Imposters and Cheats, Fakes and Hoaxes, Politicians and False Elections... \u003cbr\u003e\nIt's very possible that the entertainment that people of this world want most is to enjoy a great deception.  \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd certainly in our current age, that's no exception.  \u003cbr\u003e\nTake this recent ÒpandemicÓ which has killed no more people than the average flu season.  \u003cbr\u003e\nOr the analysis of this recent contested election where votes (that were possibly fraudulent, and perhaps magically adjusted by computers) were ÒcountedÓ during the wee hours the morning after the election, which can't\/won't be verified by the officials who are supposed to verify them.\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd those are all relegated as only ÒopinionsÓ from people who are reputedly wearing tin-foil hats in their spare time and subscribing to the latest Òconspiracy theoryÓ.  \u003cbr\u003e\nOr Ð are they? \u003cbr\u003e\nOnly history will prove it out. But, as Voltaire said, ÒHistory is the Mississippi of Lies.Ó \u003cbr\u003e\nHowever it is resolved, there undoubtedly will be yet another humbug, fraud, or quackery that is being foisted off on us. Because it's great entertainment. \u003cbr\u003e\n(My favorite one was that cow flatulence was somehow warming the earth and melting the polar ice caps so that the ocean levels... Oh, we only had 14 years and times up on that one. And by the way, those gases come out from the other end, according to veterinarians. Belches.) \u003cbr\u003e\nYou can trace these things through our history. They just keep coming up. Like the books you find in this anthology. \u003cbr\u003e\nI appreciate a good satire when I can find one. And I've written several myself.  \u003cbr\u003e\nSo bringing this anthology to you was more a delightful hobby than work. \u003cbr\u003e\nHope you enjoy these classics. \u003cbr\u003e\nAnthology containing: \u003cbr\u003e\n - The Humbugs of the World \/ An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by P. T. Barnum \u003cbr\u003e\n - Famous Impostors by Bram Stoker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44379206287521,"sku":"9781716317453","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/46jqdz-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1716867181","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/hail-to-the-fraud","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}