Title:
The 10 greatest conspiracies of all time / Brad Meltzer, with Keith Ferrell.
ISBN:
9781523512362
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Workman Publishing, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
viii, 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in 2013 as History decoded: the 10 greatest conspiracies of all time"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Introduction -- John Wilkes Booth: was Lincoln's assassin apprehended? -- Confederate gold: stolen treasure or hidden wealth of a new Confederacy? -- Georgi guidestones: America's Stonehenge -- DB Cooper: American outlaw -- White House: where is the cornerstone of democracy? -- Spear of destiny: history's most sacred relic -- Real da Vinci code: did Leonardo predict an apocalypse -- Is there any gold in Fort Knox? -- UFOs: inside Roswell and Area 51 -- Kennedy assassination: the truth is out there.
Summary:
The author showcases the world's top conspiracies, including Leonardo da Vinci's stolen prophecy, the Kennedy assassination, and the DB Cooper story.
Meltzer, a master storyteller, counts down the world's top ten conspiracy theories. He sifts through the evidence, weighs competing theories, separates what we know to be true from what is unproved or unprovable. In the end, he decodes the mystery and arrives at the most like explanation... or does he? -- adapted from back cover
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OCLC Number:
on1152650882
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