In the summer of 1835, a series of articles published in the Sun convinced the citizens of New York that the moon was inhabited, describing such moon life as unicorns, beavers that walked upright, and four-foot-tall flying man-bats.
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In the summer of 1835, a series of articles published in the Sun convinced the citizens of New York that the moon was inhabited, describing such moon life as unicorns, beavers that walked upright, and four-foot-tall flying man-bats.
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All Editions of The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York