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Ambrose Bierce is missing : and other historical mysteries /

What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Through ingenious detection, the accepted wisdom of one generation may become the discredited legend of another -- or vice versa. In this wide- ranging study of historical investigation, former detective Joe Nickell allows the reader to l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nickell, Joe (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : history and the investigative approach
  • Ancient riddles : the mystery of the Nazca lines
  • Biographical enigmas : Ambrose Bierce is missing
  • Hidden identity : unmasking a Nazi monster
  • Fakelore : Swift's lost silver mine
  • Questioned artifacts : D. Boone riddles
  • Suspect documents : Lincoln's Bixby letter
  • Lost texts : Cooke's "missing" edition
  • Obscured sources : Hawthorne's "Veiled lady"
  • Scientific challenges : pseudoscience and the Shroud
  • Afterword : some lessons learned.