| The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New Yor Contributor(s): Goodman, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465019005 ISBN-13: 9780465019007 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 974.710 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.62" W x 8.98" (1.04 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On August 26, 1835, a fledgling newspaper called the Sun brought to New York the first accounts of remarkable lunar discoveries. A series of six articles reported the existence of life on the moon -- including unicorns, beavers that walked on their hind legs, and four-foot-tall flying man-bats. In a matter of weeks it was the most broadly circulated newspaper story of the era, and the Sun, a working-class upstart, became the most widely read paper in the world. An exhilarating narrative history of a divided city on the cusp of greatness, and tale of a crew of writers, editors, and charlatans who stumbled on a new kind of journalism, The Sun and the Moon tells the surprisingly true story of the penny papers that made America a nation of newspaper readers. |