Impostors and imposture
Here are entered works on impostors in the legal sense. Works on feeling like a fake or fraud although one is successful are entered under Impostor phenomenon.
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:- Impostors and imposture -- Biography
- Impostors and imposture -- Drama
- Impostors and imposture -- Encyclopedias
- Impostors and imposture -- England
- Impostors and imposture -- Fiction
- Impostors and imposture -- Great Britain
- Impostors and imposture -- United States
- Impostors and imposture in literature
- Quacks and quackery
- Charlatans
- Imposters
- Pretenders
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Famous Impostors (New York: Sturgis and Walton Co., 1910), by Bram Stoker- The Humbugs of the World (New York: Carleton, 1866), by P. T. Barnum
- The Humbugs of the World (London: J. C. Hotten, 1866), by P. T. Barnum (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions (3 volumes; London: R. Bentley, 1841), by Charles Mackay
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (based on the second edition of 1852), by Charles Mackay
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852), by Charles Mackay (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)
- Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (2 volumes; London and New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1869), by Charles Mackay
- Fanaticism: Its Source and Influence, Illustrated by the Simple Narrative of Isabella, in the Case of Matthias, Mr. and Mrs. B. Folger, Mr. Pierson, Mr. Mills, Catherine, Isabella, &c. &c. (New York: The author, 1835), by G. Vale
- The Three Impostors, Translated (With Notes and Comments) From a French Manuscript of the Work Written in the Year 1716, With a Dissertation on the Original Treatise, and a Bibliography of the Various Editions (editorship attributed to Briggs; 1904), ed. by Samuel Briggs
- Trick Methods of Eusapia Paladino (reprinted from Reformed Church Review, 1910), by Stanley Lefevre Krebs (page images at HathiTrust)
- Celebrated Claimants, From Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton (second edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1874) (Gutenberg text)
- Memoirs of ****, Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanazar, a Reputed Native of Formosa, Written by Himself, in Order to be Published After His Death (London: Printed for R. Davis, et al., 1765), by George Psalmanazar (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Knock: ou, Le Triomphe de la Medecine (in French; Gallimard, c1924), by Jules Romains (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Knock: ou, Le Triomphe de la Medecine; M. le Trouhadec, Saisi par la Debauche (2 plays in French; Gallimard, 1924), by Jules Romains (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (electronic edition), by James Randi (HTML at randi.org)
- Caraboo: A Narrative of a Singular Imposition, by John Mathew Gutch (HTML with commentary at resologist.net)
- The Worldlings (Works of Leonard Merrick edition; London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.), by Leonard Merrick, contrib. by Neil Munro (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Miraculous Conformist: or, An Account of Severall Marvailous Cures Performed by the Stroking of the Hands of Mr. Valentine Greatarick, With a Physicall Discourse Thereupon (Oxford, UK: Printed by H. Hall for Ric: Davis, 1666), by Henry Stubbe (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- A Brief Account of Mr. Valentine Greatraks, and Divers of the Strange Cures by Him Lately Performed: Written by Himself In a Letter Addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., Whereunto Are Annexed the Testimonials of Several Eminent and Worthy Persons of the Chief Matters of Fact Therein Related (London: Printed for J. Starkey, 1666), by Valentine Greatrakes, contrib. by Robert Boyle
- Pseudo-Medicorum Anatomia: In Qua Maxima Improborum et Indoctorum Turba Sub Dio Enudatur, Quos aut Subdola Pietatis Pelle Velatos, aut Insolenti Scientiae Fumo Seu Fuco Obductos, Vel Irreligio Mera, Vel Rapax Avaritia Omnes Ultra Impudentes ad Medicinae Praxin Egit Praecipites (in Latin; London: Excudebat Aug. Matheus, 1624), by Peter Bowne (page images at NIH)
- Brat Farrar (c1949), by Josephine Tey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- El Prisionero de Zenda (in Spanish; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1896), by Anthony Hope, trans. by Juan L. Iribas (multiple formats at archive.org)
- El Prisionero de Zenda (in Spanish; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901), by Anthony Hope, trans. by Juan L. Iribas (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain
- The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co., 1882), by Mark Twain, illust. by Frank T. Merrill, John J. Harley, and Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen
- Prinssi ja Kerjäläispoika (The Prince and the Pauper in Finnish; Helsinki: Otava, 1908), by Mark Twain, trans. by Tyko Hagman (Gutenberg text)
- The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope
- The Prisoner of Zenda: Being the History of Three Months in the Life of an English Gentleman (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1898), by Anthony Hope, illust. by Charles Dana Gibson and Howard Ince (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- Pudd'nhead Wilson: A Tale (London: Chatto and Windus, 1894), by Mark Twain, illust. by James Mapes Dodge and Louis Loeb (page images at HathiTrust)
- Room 13 (London: J. Long, c1924), by Edgar Wallace (Gutenberg text)
- The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Hartford: American Pub. Co., 1894), by Mark Twain (Gutenberg text)
- The Sin That Was His (Toronto: Copp Clark Co., c1917), by Frank L. Packard
- The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance (London and New York: G. Routledge and Co., 1857), by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Memoirs of ****, Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanazar, a Reputed Native of Formosa, Written by Himself, in Order to be Published After His Death (London: Printed for R. Davis, et al., 1765), by George Psalmanazar (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Subgenation: The Theory of the Normal Relation of the Races; An Answer to "Miscegenation" (New York: J. Bradburn, 1864), by John H. Van Evrie
- Recent Trends in Dubious and Quack Medical Devices: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business and the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, Washington, DC, April 9, 1992 (Washington: GPO, 1992), by United States House Committee on Small Business and United States Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America, by James Harvey Young (HTML at quackwatch.com)
- The Mary Carleton Narratives, 1663-1673: A Missing Chapter in the History of the English Novel (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1914), ed. by Ernest Bernbaum (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Fake Medical Devices: An FDA Report (for release at Second National Congress on Medical Quackery; 1963), by United States Food and Drug Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Great American Fraud: A Series of Articles on the Patent Medicine Evil, Reprinted From Collier's Weekly (ca. 1906), by Samuel Hopkins Adams (Gutenberg text and page images)
- Quackery Unmasked: or, A Consideration of the Most Prominent Empirical Schemes of the Present Time, With an Enumeration of Some of the Causes Which Contribute to Their Support (Boston: Printed by D. Clapp, 1858), by Dan King
- Cautions and Advice to the Public, Respecting Some Abuses in Medicine, Through the Malpractices of Quacks or Pretenders to the Medical and Chirurgical Arts (London: Printed for the author, and sold by H.D. Symonds, ca. 1787), by William Jackson (page images at NIH)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Fraud- America Strikes Back: A Record of Contrasts (New York: I. Washburn, c1935), by Gustavus Myers (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Your Money's Worth: A Study in the Waste of the Consumer's Dollar (New York: Macmillan, 1927), by Stuart Chase and F. J. Schlink (HTML and page images at LOC)
- Silas Bradford's Boy (c1928), by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Phantom Billing, Fake Prescriptions, and the High Cost of Medicine: Health Care Fraud and What to Do About It (Ithaca, NY and London: ILR Press, c2011), by Terry L. Leap (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)
- Diversity Visa Program: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 15, 2005 (Washington: GPO, 2005), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
- Diversity Visa Program and its Susceptibility to Fraud and Abuse: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, April 29, 2004 (Washington: GPO, 2004), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary
- Home Economics: Domestic Fraud in Victorian England (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2008), by Rebecca Stern (PDF at Ohio State)
- Global Pirates: Fraud in the Offshore Insurance Industry (Boston: Northeastern University Press, c2002), by Robert Tillman (multiple formats at Northeastern)
- The Adventures of a United States Detective: A Series of Interesting Sketches Illustrating the Operations of the Whisky Ring in Their Evasions of the Law and Its Penalties (Philadelphia: Souder, 1876), by James J. Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.