Sins against science : the scientific media hoaxes of Poe, Twain, and others / Lynda Walsh.

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006], ©2006.

xii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

A brief natural history of hoaxing -- Method -- Poe's hoaxing and the construction of readerships -- Mark Twain and the social mechanics of laughter -- The hoaxes of Dan de Quille: building and defending the west -- The mechanics of hoaxing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-290) and index.