The Sun and the moon

By Matthew Goodman

Subjects: Fraud in science, History, Corrupt practices, Moon -- Miscellanea, Journalism, Sun (New York, N.Y. : 1833), New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century, Miscellanea, Day, Benjamin Henry, -- 1810-1889, Fraud in science -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century, Journalism -- Corrupt practices, New York (State)

Description: A study of a nineteenth-century journalistic hoax describes how a series of articles appearing in the "New York Sun" in 1835 purported to reveal lunar discoveries made by a noted British astronomer concerning life on the moon.