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- catalog abstract ""From servant girls who made themselves princesses and the footman who turned cannibal chief, to Red Indians born hundreds of miles from the nearest tepee, university professors and surgeons with no qualifications but their genius, and men from all walks of life who turned out, on their deaths, to be women, Sarah Burton's brilliant exposition of the bold and bizarre world of the impostor is peopled by a huge cast of adventurers and escapologists." "Most of them begin life as losers simply by virtue of their social position. Unable to change the world, they transform themselves and are reborn, this time having awarded themselves a sporting change. Sarah Burton tells a wealth of extraordinary stories, both tragic and comic, in which the reality behind these lives lived as lies is an fascinating as the impostors themselves."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11632055.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""From servant girls who made themselves princesses and the footman who turned cannibal chief, to Red Indians born hundreds of miles from the nearest tepee, university professors and surgeons with no qualifications but their genius, and men from all walks of life who turned out, on their deaths, to be women, Sarah Burton's brilliant exposition of the bold and bizarre world of the impostor is peopled by a huge cast of adventurers and escapologists." "Most of them begin life as losers simply by virtue of their social position. Unable to change the world, they transform themselves and are reborn, this time having awarded themselves a sporting change. Sarah Burton tells a wealth of extraordinary stories, both tragic and comic, in which the reality behind these lives lived as lies is an fascinating as the impostors themselves."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "245 p., ports. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Impostors.".
- catalog identifier "0670885746".
- catalog isFormatOf "Impostors.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Viking,".
- catalog relation "Impostors.".
- catalog subject "155.232 21".
- catalog subject "CT9980 .B87 2000".
- catalog subject "Deception.".
- catalog subject "Impostors and imposture Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Impostors and imposture Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Impostors and imposture Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Impostors and imposture Social aspects.".
- catalog title "Impostors : six kinds of liar / Sarah Burton.".
- catalog type "text".