| 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), Hillgartner, Malcolm (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433255626 ISBN-13: 9781433255625 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $81.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: In the summer of 1835, a series of articles published in the Sun convinced the citizens of New York that the moon was inhabited, describing such moon life as unicorns, beavers that walked upright, and four-foot-tall flying man-bats. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 974.710 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 6.2" (0.70 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Sun and the Moon tells the delightful and surprisingly true story of how a series of articles in the Sun newspaper in 1835 convinced the citizens of New York that the moon was inhabited. Purporting to reveal discoveries of a famous British astronomer, the series described such moon life as unicorns, beavers that walked upright, and four-foot-tall flying man-bats. It quickly became the most widely circulated newspaper story of the era. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goodman, Matthew: - Matthew Goodman received an MFA from Vermont College. His writing has appeared in the Harvard Review, Georgia Review, New England Review, American Scholar, and Utne Reader. A former fellow at the MacDowall and Yaddo colonies, he lives in New York City with his wife and children. Hillgartner, Malcolm: -Malcolm Hillgartner is an accomplished actor, writer, and musician. Named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2013 and the recipient of several Earphones Awards, he has narrated over 175 audiobooks. |