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The Balloon-Hoax

Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

This tale appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed a group of men successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although the story looked real, it was completely fiction and created entirely from Poe's imagination.

© 2019 JA (Ebook): 9782291072249

Release date

Ebook: 27 May 2019

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