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Ferdinand Demara, the surgeon imposter

Early Influences on Ferdinand Demara: Shaping the Great Impostor Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., born in 1921 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, grew up to become one of history’s most audacious impostors, assuming identities ranging from a naval surgeon to a monk. To understand the roots of his extraordinary ability to reinvent himself, we must explore the early […]