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The Sun and the Moon
- Hoaxers, Showmen, and Lunar Man-Bats in 19th-Century New York
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Told in richly novelistic detail, The Sun and the Moon brings the raucous world of 1830s New York City vividly to life, including such larger-than-life personages as Richard Adams Locke, who authored the moon series but who never intended it to be a hoax; fledgling showman P. T. Barnum, who had just brought his own hoax to town; and a young Edgar Allan Poe, convinced that the series was a plagiarism of his own work.
What the critics say
"The Sun and the Moon tells an intriguing story and reveals some fascinating facts about nineteenth-century New York." (Booklist)
"Mr. Goodman has managed not only to give us a ripping good newspaper yarn but also to illuminate life in the nation's largest city in the early part of the 19th century. He also provides something of a treatise on the birth of modern mass-market newspapering." (Wall Street Journal)
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- Roberta W
- 2023-04-15
The moon as you never imagined it!
This was a really great book and a nice surprise! Not aware of “the moon hoax” of the 1830’s, I found the whole account both fascinating and entertaining. Without the benefit of knowledge of what the moon is really like, of course ‘discoveries’ would have been met with a sense of wonder. Who can say when the reader should have started to doubt what the dailies described?
Lots of history here of New York, the six-penny and penny newspapers, astronomy, dioramas and poetry! Edgar Allan Poe and PT Barnum make appearances, as does William Herschel (the man who discovered Uranus). Highly recommended.
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