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Nickell, Joe

 
9780813119533: Detecting Forgery: Forensic Investigation of Documents

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Detecting Forgery Clifford Irving's "autobiography" of Howard Hughes. Han Van Meegeren's brilliant reproductions of Jan Vermeer's seventeenth-century paintings. The sensational Mormon papers of document dealer Mark Hoffman. All were important discoveries - until, that is, the tools of forensic investigation revealed each to be a remarkable work of forgery that would send the worlds of literature, art, and history reeling.In a book that's as difficult to put down as a good mystery, Joe Nickell explores the world of questioned documents. He reveals the mission of forensic sleuths and their often nearly impossible tasks: to detect forged handwritings, uncover alterations in ...

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9780813191256: Detecting Forgery: Forensic Investigation of Documents

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ISBN 10 :  0813191254 ISBN 13 :  9780813191256
Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2005
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