{"product_id":"whoppers-historys-most-outrageous-lies-and-liars-9781936976980","title":"Whoppers: History's Most Outrageous Lies and Liars","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory of full of liars. Not just little-white-telling liars, but big-honkin', whopper-telling liars--people who can convince us that even the most improbable, outrageous, nonsensical stories are true. And the worst part is that we'll believe it. \u003cem\u003eWhoppers\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of history's greatest liars and the lies they told, providing a mix of narrative profiles of super-famous liars, lies, and\/or hoaxes, as well as more obscure episodes. Famous liars include people you might have learned about in school, like P. T. Barnum, who basically made a living lying to people for money; liars you might never have heard of before, like Victor Lustig, who managed to \"sell\" the Eiffel Tower twice in the 1920s; and hoaxes like the Loch Ness Monster Photo Hoax. The book will also include illustrations, sidebars, and infographics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Seifert\u003c\/b\u003e is a native North Dakotan, a professor at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a Young Adult writer. She is the author of the YA novel \u003ci\u003eThe Predicteds\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eWhoppers: History's Most Outrageous Lies and Liars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Endless Wait: Virginity in Young Adult Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). She writes for \u003ci\u003eBitchMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications, and has presented at academic conferences on such diverse topics as as Writing, Rhetoric, Twilight, and Jersey Shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zest Books (Tm)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607936995602,"sku":"9781936976980","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_090f2ea6-0863-4e03-865e-306fb3fe3f39.jpg?v=1732316016","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whoppers-historys-most-outrageous-lies-and-liars-9781936976980","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}