Banvard's Folly
Subtitle: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World
Publisher: Picador
Published: May 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312300333
Subjects: History; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; General; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century
First sentence: The life of John Banvard is the most perfect crystallization of loss imaginable.