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Author Collins, Paul, 1969- author.

Title Banvard's folly : thirteen tales of people who didn't change the world / Paul Collins.

Publication Info. [Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Publishing, [2022]

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Location Call No. Status
 Southington Library - Adult  CD 901 COL    Check Shelf
Edition Revised edition.
Unabridged.
Description 8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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CD audio
Note Compact discs.
Performer Read by Tim Getman.
Summary Here are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, for whatever reason, leapt straight from life into thankless obscurity.
Contents John Banvard -- William Henry Ireland -- John Cleves Symmes -- René Blondlot -- Jean Franc̜ois Sudre -- Ephraim Wales Bull -- Psalmanazar -- Alfred E. Beach -- Martin Farquhar Tupper -- Robert Coates -- A.J. Pleasonton -- Delia Bacon -- Thomas Dick.
Subject Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Biography.
Biography.
HISTORY / Essays.
HISTORY / Social History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.
TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions.
HUMOR / Form / Essays.
Genre/Form Audiobooks.
Essays.
Biographies.
Added Author Getman, Tim, narrator.
Added Title Thirteen tales of people who didn't change the world
13 tales of people who didn't change the world
ISBN 9798212189101 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD)
9798212189118 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD)
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