The Sun And The Moon: Hoaxers, Showmen, Journalists, And Lunar Man Bats In The 19th Century

In 1835, a fledgling newspaper called The Sun reported first accounts that revealed the existence of life on the moon—including unicorns, beavers that walked upright, and strangest of all, four-foot-tall flying man-bats. In a matter of weeks, the series became the most widely circulated newspaper story of the era and The Sun became the most widely read newspaper in the world. Join author, journalist, and historian Matthew Goodman as he brings the brash and raucous world of 1830s New York to life in chronicling the exhilarating and remarkable summer when The Sun’s publisher, Massachusetts-native Benjamin Day, convinced the world that the moon was inhabited.