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.