2001, ISBN: 9780062500489

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New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed To The Trade By St. Martin's Press, 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularl… Mehr…

New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed To The Trade By St. Martin's Press, 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 152 pages; Physical desc. : 152 p. ; 19 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-152) . Subject: Impostors and imposture --New York (State) --History --19th century. Summary: In 1824, the inhabitants of New York City were just returning from the wilds of Greenwich Village after having fled a yellow fever epidemic that threatened to devastate the population of 150, 000. The recent economic depression forced many of the city's laborers out of work. It was a time of extreme gullibility, a time when newspapers began to realize that sensation sold, truth or lies, giving way to a rash of hoaxes. So when two men of supposed high reputation began a rumor that Manhattan was sinking into the harbor because of overdevelopment on its southern tip, everyone listened closely. The men had been sent, they claimed, to save Manhattan from inevitable doom. Their idea: to saw New York in half, drag it out to sea, turn it around and reattach it to the mainland at Kingsbridge. Far fetched? Not at the time when a river was being forged through the mountains to create the Erie Canal. The wonders of engineering made anything possible. And so begins the story of the greatest hoax ever played on the people of New York City., New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed To The Trade By St. Martin's Press, 2001, 0, San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1989. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Bubber, a young lemming, has the unlemming-like habit of asking questions and weighing consequences. He therefore grows increasingly uneasy as the rest of the lemmings prepare for their legendary leap into the sea. Arkin's brief book shares with the best of them a directness of telling and a sensitivity to the conflicting needs of the human spirit. " - School Library Journal. A wonderful story of Bubber the Lemming that teaches everyone something about conformity and individual values. 58 pages with illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ., Harper & Row, 1989, 4<