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Barcode30053003868133
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No576.8 BARO
Title The Martians : the true story of an alien craze that captured turn-of-the-century America / David Baron.
Author Baron, David, 1964- author.
CollectionAdult 500-599
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
 Paris-Bourbon30053003868133576.8 BARO8/15/2025 Available
 Paris-Bourbon30053003821785576.839 BARO1/23/2026 Available

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Personal Name Baron, David, 1964- author.
Title Statement The Martians : the true story of an alien craze that captured turn-of-the-century America / David Baron.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Physical Description xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-303) and index.
Summary, Etc. Recounts early twentieth-century Mars mania, following Percival Lowell's rise and fall as he championed the belief in intelligent Martians, revealing how scientific speculation, public fascination, and cultural projection transformed the red planet into both a symbol of hope and a mirror of human ambition.
Subject-Personal Name Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Life on other planets.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Extraterrestrial beings.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Martians.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Mars (Planet)

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