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The Sun and the Moon|Matthew Goodman

The Sun and the Moon : The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York

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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.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780465019007
  • ISBN-10: 0465019005
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publish Date: June 2010
  • Dimensions: 8.98 x 6.62 x 0.93 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.04 pounds
  • Page Count: 360
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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