wright, elsie

"In 1918, Elsie Wright and her cousin Frances Griffith photographed fairies in their garden, in the small village of Cottingley, Yorkshire. Without expecting it, many people paid attention-- including renowned writer and spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is the story . . . of the true events that led to the Cottingley Fairies becoming a international phenomenon"--Provided by publisher.

This is the true story of British cousins who fooled the world for more than 60 years with a remarkable hoax, photographs of "real" fairies. Exquisitely illustrated with art and the original fairy photographs.