Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-172) and index.
Contents
Introduction : history and the investigative approach -- Ancient riddles : the mystery of the Nazca lines -- Biographical enigmas : Ambrose Bierce is missing -- Hidden identity : unmasking a nazi monster --Fakelore : Swift's lost silver mine -- Questioned artifacts : D. Boone riddles -- Suspect documents : Lincoln's Bixby letter -- Lost texts : Cooke's "missing" edition -- Obscured sources : Hawthorne's "veiled lady" -- Scientific challenges : pseudoscience and the Shroud -- Afterword : some lessons learned.
