[Herbert R. Mayes hoax] ca. 1928-1981.

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[Herbert R. Mayes hoax] ca. 1928-1981.

Articles pertaining to the hoax perpetrated by Herbert Mayes, the author of an Alger biography which he later admitted was a complete fabrication.

ca. 24 items : ill., ports.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7405389

Northern Illinois University

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Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

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American author From the guide to the Horatio Alger letter, 1888, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American clergyman and author. From the description of How Johnny bought a sewing machine : autograph manuscript signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132586 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Elsie Leslie, 1890 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131643 From the descri...

Mayes, Herbert R. (Herbert Raymond), 1900-1987

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Magazine publisher; interviewee d. 1987. From the description of Reminiscences of Herbert Raymond Mayes : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481168 ...