How to Fool a New Yorker

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Hear about a spectacular hoax that was perpetrated in 1830s New York City, when many New Yorkers became convinced that the moon was inhabited. Matthew Goodman is the author of The Sun and the Moon.

Events:
Matthew Goodman will be speaking and signing books
Tues. Nov. 18 at 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street
NY, NY

Matthew Goodman will be speaking and signing books
Tues. Dec. 2 at 7:30 PM
Community Bookstore
143 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

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