The Sun and the Moon (Audiobook)

from krazykiwi

Which actually has the wonderful full title of "The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York"   This is the second Matthew Goodman book I've read, having read his Nellie Bly book before I could get ho...

from ralphz

The U.S. wasn't yet a nation of newspaper readers, and the newspapers that did exist didn't cater to the ordinary citizen. That all changed with the New York Sun and its tantalizing story about a moon teeming with life – a fake story, designed to grab circulation. The Sun opened up shop as a penn...

from figre

There is much to like about this book. Unfortunately, that cannot make up for its fundamental flaw - the book cannot really decide what it wants to be. Well researched, well told, but well shy of a focus. Goodman often paints a good picture. In particular, the book's opening descriptions of New Y...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

In which a fine writer describes three great hoaxes which gripped New York during the 1830's: the New York Sun's Moon Hoax, P. T. Barnum's Joice Heth hoax, and Edgar Allan Poe's Balloon Hoax. Unfortunately, it isn't possible for him to keep all three of these balls in the air, as well as describe...