Ambrose Bierce is Missing : And Other Historical Mysteries /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nickell, Joe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Aufklärung > Kriminologie
Historisches Ereignis
History.
Curiosities and wonders.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Reference.
Curiosites et merveilles.
Histoire > Miscellanees.
History > Miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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