The Sun and the Moon 2008

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A witty study of a nineteenth-century journalistic hoax describes how a series of articles appearing in the New York Sun in 1835, purported to reveal lunar discoveries made by a noted British astronomer concerning life on the moon, convinced the citizens of New York City that the moon was inhabited by all kinds of strange life forms. 40,000 first printing.

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Books by Matthew Goodman:

• The Sun and the Moon (2008)
• Eighty Days (2013)