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612:(2004). These works recounted various aspects of the author's supposed life, including his Navajo heritage, his self-destructive and abusive parents, his unhappy childhood as a migrant worker, his dysfunctional relationships with other family members, and, eventually, his growing up to become the nurturing father of two adopted children, one with fetal alcohol syndrome and one who is HIV-positive. Before it was exposed as fabricated, 183:, a trading ship, and that she had lived on the ship with its all-male crew until she was 17, when the ship burned and sank off the coast of Australia as Lowell swam three miles to safety with a family of kittens clinging by their claws to her back. In fact, Lowell had been on the ship, which remained safe in California, for only 15 months. The book was a sensational best seller until its events were exposed as fiction. 470:, Australia (1994), was presented as an autobiographical account by an Aboriginal woman born in 1949, who was taken from her mother and raised by white foster parents. Its actual author was Leon Carmen, a white Australian man and taxi driver with literary aspirations who believed that he could not have been published under his own identity. The publisher discovered the hoax when Carmen attempted to publish a sequel. 570: 894:) (February 2009) is a memoir describing McCarthy's summer as a minor league pitcher. He writes about playing with racist teammates who take steroids: however, statistics from that season, combined with transaction listings and interviews with former teammates, suggest that much of the book is false. Before its authenticity was challenged, the book was promoted by 558: 829:) (2008) was a critically received memoir of a girl, part white and part native American, growing up in South-Central Los Angeles as a foster child in a world of drug dealers and gang members. In fact, the work was exposed as completely fabricated by Seltzer's sister. Before it was exposed, the book was praised as "humane and deeply affecting" by 323:(1971), was originally presented as being the real diary of an anonymous teenage girl who died of a drug overdose in the late 1960s. Sparks later became known for producing several additional books purporting to be the "real diaries" of troubled teenagers. Before the book's authenticity was challenged, The 20:
is a book that was published with the assertion that the events depicted are substantially true, but are later discovered or strongly asserted to be false: a book does not have to be entirely fictional to be considered a fake memoir. In contrast, a book which openly acknowledges that its author has
381:, Philadelphia and New York (1978), in which he claimed to have been part of a successful endeavor to create a clone of a human being. In a subsequent defamation suit, a court found the book was a hoax; while the publisher subsequently acknowledged this, Rorvik continues to maintain it is truthful. 57:
Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas: wherein is contained a full account of his journey from Tennessee to the Red River and Natchitoches, and thence across Texas to San Antonio; including many hair-breadth escapes; together with a topographical, historical, and political view of Texas
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Mt. Ivy Press (1997) is a fabricated memoir of a supposed Holocaust survivor who walked 1,900 miles across Europe searching for her parents, killed a German officer in self-defense, and lived with a pack of wolves. The work was a best seller, being translated into 18 languages and made into a
202:, edited and transcribed by Ernest Gray, London, Robert Hale (1946). The three medical diaries were well received when published, but doubts were later raised about their authenticity: they were proven in 2014 to have been forged by Gray, being loosely based on a short biography of 804:(three self-published US editions, 2007, 2008 and 2011), were about a mother and child’s experience as internees in Japanese captivity in the Philippines during the Second World War, but has been exposed as a fabricated account. Finch is the pen name of A. L. Peeples of 778:, Dalia, who fell in love with a Christian soldier. Dalia's Muslim father was not told of the relationship, and when he eventually discovered it, he stabbed Dalia to death in a so-called honor killing. The book was exposed as a hoax after the literary editor of the 419:, Oregon (1988), purporting to tell a true story of her upbringing in a Satanic cult, but it was later deemed to be fabricated. She subsequently assumed the guise of a Holocaust survivor under the alias of Laura Grabowski, which was also revealed to be false. 649:, described his life as a gangster, including spending 12 years in prison for bribery, gambling, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, murder and pimping. After Carlo Gambino’s real son, Thomas Gambino, exposed the fraud, the publisher withdrew the book. 237:
The Memoirs of a Buccaneer: Being a Wondrous and Unrepentant Account of the Prodigious Adventures and Amours of King Louis XIV’s Loyal Servant, Louis Adhemar Timothée Le Golif, Known for His Singular Wound As Borgnefesse, Captain of the Buccaneers, Told by
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described it as a "classic first-hand account of the Holocaust", it received the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Autobiography and Memoir, in Britain it received the Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize, and in France it was awarded the Prix Memoire de la
451:, London (1993), is the story of a young boy, sexually abused by his parents and later adopted, who discovers he is HIV-positive and who develops AIDS. This book has been challenged on a number of accounts, and is alleged to be the fictional product of 48:
where nuns were forced to have sex with the priests in the seminary next door. Monk's descriptions of events have been found inconsistent with her physical surroundings, leading to assertions that it may have been a hoax perpetrated by her publisher or
240:(1954), was presented as the long-lost manuscript of a 17th century French sea captain involved in pirate activities in the Caribbean. It was disregarded by most academics immediately, and is now considered an entertaining work of maritime fiction. 712:
selection. However, when the book's authenticity was called into question, the author and publisher Nan Talese were invited back and publicly scolded by Winfrey in a live face-to-face confrontation. The media feasted over the televised showdown.
433:, New York (1994). The book claimed to be a memoir of her time spent with Aboriginals, but has caused protests by Aboriginal groups. Parts of it have been asserted to be invented, and the publisher has reissued it labeled as fiction. 900:. Carolyn Coleburn, the publisher's vice president and director of publicity said, “We rely on our authors to tell the truth and fact-check.” McCarthy later published another memoir of his first year as a medical intern (2016's 225:(1951) was supposedly written in 1889 or early 1890 during Nietzsche's stay in a mental asylum. It makes several bold and otherwise unreported claims, most notably of an incestuous relationship between Nietzsche and his sister. 2112: 496:, and their “liberation” by the Nazi invasion. In reality, the author had no Ukrainian family and was the daughter of British immigrants to Australia. The deception was revealed by the Australian media when the novel won the 926:. Before the book's announced publication, Winfrey called the story "the single greatest love story, in 22 years of doing this show, we've ever told on the air." The book was scheduled for publication in February 2009 by 955:
forum thread and claimed Christo had falsified major parts of their childhood, including her Native American ancestry and quest to find him (the crux of her book). The book has since been cancelled.
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Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk: as Exhibited in a Narrative of Her Sufferings During a Residence of Five Years as a Novice, and Two Years as a Black Nun, in the Hôtel-Dieu Nunnery at Montreal
794:) published a number of fabricated works (c. 2005) in which LeRoy was presented as a transgender, sexually questioning, abused, former homeless teenage drug addict and male prostitute. 1706: 1269: 784:
revealed that Khouri had not lived in Jordan during the book's timeframe, and apart from a three-week stay to research her book, had not lived there since her early childhood.
1638: 177:(1929). The book presented the story of Lowell as a girl who, before she was even a year old, was taken away from her ailing mother by her sea captain father to live on the 106:
China Under the Empress Dowager: being the History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi, Compiled from State Papers and the Private Diary of the Comptroller of her Household,
951:, that describes her troubled childhood and trying to find her brother who she claimed was lost in the foster care system. However, her brother later came forward on a 861:. Several historians, journalists and former acquaintances of the author have demonstrated that this narrative is largely invented, most notably because the victims of 329:
praised it as an "extraordinary work for teenagers" and "a document of horrifying reality and literary quality". It was later reclassified by its publishers as fiction.
455:, also known as Vicki Fraginals Zackheim. "Tony," the subject of the book, made an "appearance" on the Oprah Winfrey Show, but was interviewed with his face obscured. 1158: 702:) (2003) is a bestselling memoir in which the author created and exaggerated significant details of his drug addiction and recovery. The author appeared on 920:, a young girl from the outside would pass him food through the fence daily and years later they accidentally met and married. Rosenblat appeared twice on 2248: 508: 537: 1843: 2043: 862: 1813: 2113:"E se il romanzo autobiografico "Educazione Siberiana" di Nicolai Lilin così autobiografico non fosse? Il racconto nel libro di Antonio Armano" 1397: 94:(1902). This book was presented as a son’s story of his father’s life in Italy as “a profound mystic and student of everything relating to St. 865:
were sent from Europe to Siberia, but never the reverse, and Lilin himself is of Polish rather than Siberian origin. He would write a sequel,
1447: 1059: 488:, Australia (1994) was presented as an autobiographical story of a student’s discovery of her family's bleak wartime history as peasants in 1533: 849:(2009), a supposedly autobiographical novel recounting the author's alleged childhood as a member of the "Urkas", an ethnic group from 289:. Another Polish WWII veteran, Witold Gliński, has since claimed that he, not Rawicz, was the person who actually made "the long walk". 1716: 1652: 1087: 980: 101: 1598: 65: 1142:
Evans, Martin H. & Hooper, Geoffrey: "Three misleading diaries: John Knyveton MD - from naval surgeon's mate to man-midwife."
934:, but has been cancelled. Although the author fabricated details about how he met his wife, he is an authentic Holocaust survivor. 721:
wrote, "Both Mr. Frey and Ms. Talese were snapped in two like dry winter twigs." "Oprah annihilates Frey," proclaimed Larry King.
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University of California Press (1968). His 12 books have sold more than eight million copies in 17 languages, but scholars of the
378: 904:) which did not trigger claims of false reporting. McCarthy is currently a physician, researcher, and medical ethics professor. 346:(1972), was a forged autobiography of the reclusive billionaire. Irving served 17 months in prison after confessing to the hoax. 2224: 1734: 808:. The University of Puget Sound published a cover profile of Finch / Peeples in the Autumn 2009 edition of its alumni magazine 2185: 1416: 1569: 916:(February 2009, cancelled) is a Holocaust memoir in which the author invented the story that, while he was imprisoned in the 140: 285:. In 2006, the BBC released evidence showing that Rawicz had not escaped, but in fact had been released and transported to 1756: 1337: 917: 200:
Man midwife; the further experiences of John Knyveton, M.D., late surgeon in the British fleet, during the years 1763-1809
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highlighted a number of discrepancies in the papers; Lockhart concluded that the papers had been forged by Linford.
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Surgeon's Mate: the diary of John Knyveton, surgeon in the British fleet during the Seven Years' War 1756-1762
1117: 1851: 714: 690: 653: 191: 1077: 922: 758: 737:.'s delusion and denial, to see the Empress of Empathy icily hold someone accountable for lying," and the 704: 516:(US edition, 1996), is an acclaimed but fabricated Holocaust memoir. Before it was exposed as fabricated, 444: 22: 1613:"Other Voices 2.1 (February 2000), Renata Salecl "Why One Would Pretend to be a Victim of the Holocaust"" 1026: 1940: 1878: 858: 780: 771: 436: 295:
wrote a series of books that describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism, starting with
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
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The author (Rorvik) intentionally left the word "his" uncapitalized in the title of this book. See
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wrote, "It was a huge relief, after our long national slide into untruth and no consequences, into
642: 408: 216: 174: 125: 1261: 116:(1910). The diary on which the book was based was proven in 1976 to have been forged by Backhouse. 2135: 1906: 912: 896: 870: 835: 797: 634: 626: 518: 120: 73: 1173:
Eugene L. Rasor, English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature (2004) p. 226.
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in a cover blurb as an "authentic, important book...Unfailingly honest and very nearly perfect."
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fictionalized elements while still drawing on their own life may be more properly considered an
1873: 1979: 1764: 1712: 1648: 1547: 1542: 1455: 1443: 1371: 1122: 1083: 1055: 976: 679: 659: 524: 401: 147:, Cosmopolitan Book Company (1928). The book presented Lance as having been born the son of a 95: 2159: 1788: 60:, T.K. and P.G. Collins, Philadelphia (1836), was supposedly Crockett’s journal taken at the 2189: 907: 830: 815: 621: 597: 485: 404:, but they were demonstrated to be crude fakes, written on modern paper, within a few weeks. 292: 152: 2225:"The My Immortal memoir has been canceled, and the mystery of the notorious fanfic deepens" 1972:"Margaret B. Jones - Love and Consequences: A Memoir of Hope and Survival - Books - Review" 1675: 1508: 1162: 822: 739: 695: 667: 532: 473: 360: 350: 332: 310: 243: 179: 1612: 941:(May 2018, cancelled) is the story of a woman claiming to be the author of the infamous 500:: despite the controversy, it later won the 1995 Australian Literary Society Gold Medal. 1971: 1952: 1901: 1436: 734: 513: 477: 467: 390: 325: 228: 1054:(Leiden: Brill, 1924; rpr. Arlington, Va.: University Publications of America, 1976; 2237: 1052:
The Diary of His Excellency Ching-Shan: Being a Chinese Account of the Boxer Troubles
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Cahiers de Louis Adhemar Timothée Le Golif, dit Borgnefesse, capitaine de la flibuste
129:, 1913. The papers presented a story, in diary form, of the mystery of the abandoned 98:,” but the son, the father and the memoir were all invented by Montgomery Carmichael. 52: 1570:"Excerpt Four: Revealing a Literary Hoax: The Strange Case of Anthony Godby Johnson" 1338:""Curiouser and Curiouser": Fact, Fiction, and the Anonymous Author of Go Ask Alice" 1926:
J. Michael Houlahan, “Fiction as Fact: False Memories of WWII in the Philippines”,
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was so impressed by the confrontation that he crowned Winfrey "Mensch of the Year."
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and Charles T. Beale. The work has been called an "ingenious pseudo-autobiography."
44:, Howe & Bates, New York (1836), is a wildly sensationalistic story of life in 17: 1573: 1235: 939:
Under the Same Stars: The Search for My Brother and the True Story of My Immortal
1270:"The Greatest Escape – war hero who walked 4,000 miles from Siberian death camp" 663: 459: 343: 270: 251: 166: 156: 28:
Entries are organized by the original publication date of the work in question.
1341: 774:, New York (2003) was purported to be the story of the author's best friend in 1183: 952: 685: 557: 37: 1983: 1768: 1375: 873:, though it was found that his name didn't appear in any source close to the 620:
Notable Book, a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, and winner of the
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book in which Rawicz, who was a Polish Army lieutenant imprisoned by the
198:, edited and transcribed by Ernest Gray, London, Robert Hale (1942); and 133:, and had been written by a supposed passenger. In 1924, J.G. Lockhart's 2020: 1694: 1492:
Lauren Stratford: From Satanic Ritual Abuse to Jewish Holocaust Survivor
363:(1976), was presented as the author's memoir about growing up among the 850: 608: 602: 592: 587: 583: 489: 263: 2211:"Alleged Author of Legendarily Bad Fanfic 'My Immortal' Steps Forward" 1941:
http://www.philippine-scouts.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1271251020
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Remembering the Alamo : Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol
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camp and traveled approximately 6,500 km on foot through the
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Sascha Weinzheimer Jansen, Philippine Scouts Heritage Website,
367:, but is in fact fiction written by a former white supremacist. 1209: 1062:); Hui-min Lo, "The Ching-shan Diary: A Clue to its Forgery," 678:'s definitive list of Vietnam War soldiers known to have been 1144:
International Journal of Maritime History (2014) 26: 762-788.
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magazine's exposé of Stratford's claim to be Laura Grabowski
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ethnic group have disputed the veracity of his publications.
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Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit
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Angel at the Fence: The True Story of a Love That Survived
869:(2010), recounting his experiences as a sniper during the 1104:
Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance: The Glorious Impersonator
645:(2001). This book, supposedly by the grandson of Mafioso 429:, MM Co. (self-published), Lees Summit, Missouri (1991); 86:
Philip Aegidius Walshe (actually Montgomery Carmichael),
1930:(De La Salle University, Manila) 10:2 (2010), pp. 83–86. 2044:"Fantasie siberiane. Quando Lilin si è inventato tutto" 1708:
The Art of Friction: Where (Non)Fictions Come Together
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Carmen, Leon (15 March 1997). "Leon and a ruse called
1317:"Shamans and Charlatans: Assessing Castaneda's Legacy" 994:, 1836-08-12, p.2, col. 1; The Colophon, pt. 17, 1934. 2002:
Varese, Federico (14 January 2011), "Tattoo tales",
1442:. Philadelphia and New York City: J. B. Lippincott. 2186:"Publication of disputed Holocaust memoir canceled" 1184:"Denis Dutton on the fake Nietzsche autobiography, 441:
A Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story
190:, edited and transcribed by Ernest Gray, New York, 1735:"Englishman's Vietnam war story 'is just fiction'" 1733: 1435: 1396: 937:Theresa Christodoulopoulos (pseud. Rose Christo), 812:, but later removed that edition from its website. 400:, the diaries were authenticated by the historian 1902:"Figure in JT Leroy Case Says Partner Is Culprit" 1417:"The Education of Little Tree and Forrest Carter" 1705:Blackstone, Charles; Talbot, Jill (2009-06-03). 90:, London, Burns & Oates, (1901); New York, 609:Geronimo's Bones: A Memoir of My Brother and Me 2134:Hill, Benjamin; Schwarz, Alan (3 March 2009). 1079:The Mary Celeste - Legend, Evidence and Truth 1041:, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1976 pages 348-352. 614:The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams 593:The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams 8: 2014: 2012: 1953:"Gang Memoir, Turning Page, Is Pure Fiction" 1118:"Meet the grandmother of memoir fabricators" 708:, and in September 2005, the book became an 188:The Diary of a Surgeon in the Year 1751-1752 119:Abel Fosdyk (likely A. Howard Linford), the 1732:Weale, Adrian; Walters, Guy; Cobain, Ian. 509:Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood 1395:Kaufman, Michael T. (February 15, 1974). 666:. In the book, he claimed to have been a 262:, claimed to have escaped in 1941 from a 2136:"Errors Cast Doubt on a Baseball Memoir" 1637:Tavris, Carol; Aronson, Elliot (2008). 964: 863:population transfer in the Soviet Union 670:of, and subsequently escaped from, the 538:Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years 88:The Life of John William Walshe, F.S.A. 186:John Knyveton (actually Ernest Gray), 155:, to have been wounded eight times in 1842:Poniewozik, James (26 January 2006). 1290:"Скрадзенае жыццё Вітальда Глінскага" 394:in 1983. When first published in the 7: 1534:""BOOK NEWS Other literary hoaxes", 902:The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly 2088:Bobick, Michael (28 October 2010). 1315:Thomas, Stephen (10 January 2008). 1027:Saturday Review of Books, p. BR537. 802:Child P.O.W. ― A Memoir of Survival 235:(1952), translated into English as 2115:(in Italian). Ilfattoquotidiano.it 2065:Rayfield, Donald (1 August 2010). 2019:Черненко, Елена (3 October 2011). 1928:Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 1757:"How Oprahness Trumped Truthiness" 1438:In his Image: The Cloning of a Man 1234:Levinson, Hugh (30 October 2006). 1106:, Red Deer Press, 1999, pp.243-244 375:In his Image: the Cloning of a Man 14: 2249:Written fiction presented as fact 2042:Zafesova, Anna (19 August 2024). 1640:Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, 1190:. Philosophy and Literature. 1992 1016:, Univ. of Texas (2002), p. 139. 662:(2002) was about his time in the 250:(originally published 1955) is a 143:(actually Sylvester Clark Long), 2111:Armano, Antonio (27 June 2017). 1970:Kakutani, Michiko (2008-02-26). 1812:Dowd, Maureen (8 January 2006). 1674:Peskin, Harvey (19 April 1999). 603:The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping 568: 556: 522:called the book "stunning", the 260:German-Soviet invasion of Poland 1240:BBC News, International version 1900:Warren St. John (2006-02-07). 1872:Knox, Malcolm (24 July 2004). 1434:Rorvik, David Michael (1978). 1362:Schott, Webster (1972-05-07). 482:The Hand That Signed the Paper 141:Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance 1: 1711:. University of Texas Press. 918:Buchenwald concentration camp 506:(real name Bruno Dössekker), 480:, also known as Helen Dale), 161:Winston-Salem, North Carolina 72:, but was in fact written by 1676:"Holocaust Denial: A Sequel" 1644:, Harcourt Inc., 2008, p. 82 857:in the 1930s which formed a 818:(pseud. Margaret B. Jones), 588:Timothy Patrick "Tim" Barrus 535:(real name Monique de Wael), 356:The Education of Little Tree 2023:(in Russian). Kommersant.ru 1874:"Bestseller's Lies Exposed" 1509:"Mutant Message Down Under" 975:. Gale Group. pp. 224-226. 875:Russian Ministry of Defence 458:Wanda Koolmatrie (actually 2270: 2160:"White Hart Matt McCarthy" 1755:Carr, David (2006-01-30). 1116:Colby, Anne (2008-03-14). 1076:Mason, Stan (2013-12-12). 114:J. B. Lippincott & Co. 68:and then recovered at the 2046:(in Italian). Lastampa.it 2004:Times Literary Supplement 427:Mutant Message Down Under 407:Lauren Stratford (pseud. 298:The Teachings of Don Juan 766:in the United States), 633:Michael Gambino (pseud. 971:Stein, Gordon. (1993). 691:A Million Little Pieces 349:Forrest Carter (pseud. 2021:"Татуированная клюква" 1468:"The Cloning of a Man" 1082:. Andrews UK Limited. 973:Encyclopedia of Hoaxes 923:The Oprah Winfrey Show 820:Love and Consequences, 733:and swift bucks, into 705:The Oprah Winfrey Show 624:. It was described by 58:... Written by Himself 23:autobiographical novel 1879:Sydney Morning Herald 1156:BMJ, 344:e3019 (2012) 859:criminal organization 792:Laura Victoria Albert 781:Sydney Morning Herald 437:Anthony Godby Johnson 337:The Autobiography of 70:Battle of San Jacinto 2092:. Transitions Online 1854:on December 26, 2007 1824:on 12 September 2007 1039:The Hermit of Peking 1025:(1 September 1906). 1003:Howes, US-IANA, S654 806:Lakewood, Washington 770:, Australia (2003); 682:or prisoners of war. 643:Simon & Schuster 504:Binjamin Wilkomirski 498:Miles Franklin Award 309:Anonymous (actually 175:Simon & Schuster 135:Mysteries of the Sea 2213:. 7 September 2017. 2166:. 25 September 2019 2090:"Bending the Truth" 1814:"Oprah's Bunk Club" 1691:Holocaust Book Hoax 1617:www.othervoices.org 1594:The Daily Telegraph 1423:on 21 January 2008. 1236:"Walking the talk?" 1037:Trevor-Roper, Hugh 1012:Richard R. Flores, 639:The Honored Society 413:Satan's Underground 409:Laurel Rose Willson 217:Friedrich Nietzsche 192:D. Appleton-Century 151:chief in Montana's 126:The Strand Magazine 2244:Literary forgeries 2192:. 27 December 2008 2140:The New York Times 1976:The New York Times 1957:The New York Times 1907:The New York Times 1818:The New York Times 1761:The New York Times 1403:The New York Times 1368:The New York Times 1161:2013-10-20 at the 1154:Hooper, Geoffrey: 1066:, 1 (1991), 98–124 1064:East Asian History 897:Sports Illustrated 871:Second Chechen War 847:Siberian Education 836:The New York Times 635:Michael Pelligrino 519:The New York Times 171:Cradle of the Deep 121:Abel Fosdyk papers 74:Richard Penn Smith 66:General Castrillón 46:a Montreal convent 2227:. 9 October 2017. 2069:. Literary Review 2006:, no. 5624, p. 23 1601:. pp. 30–31. 1576:on 27 April 2009. 1543:Los Angeles Times 1536:Los Angeles Times 1456:Talk:David Rorvik 1449:978-0-397-01255-8 1364:"Childrens Books" 1296:. 6 February 2010 1123:Los Angeles Times 1102:Donald B. 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Index

fake memoir
autobiographical novel
Maria Monk
a Montreal convent
Davy Crockett
Alamo
General Castrillón
Battle of San Jacinto
Richard Penn Smith
E. P. Dutton
Francis of Assisi
Edmund Backhouse
Heinemann
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Abel Fosdyk papers
The Strand Magazine
Mary Celeste
Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
Blackfoot
Sweetgrass Hills
World War I
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Joan Lowell
Simon & Schuster
Minnie A. Caine
D. Appleton-Century
Dr Thomas Denman
Friedrich Nietzsche
My Sister and I
Louis Le Golif

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