The brick moon : from the papers of Captain Frederic Ingham

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Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Often described as a piece of science-fiction laid against Boston and its people, it is actually a delicious satire of the people Edward Hale knew best, his Boston peers. His characters did, in fac...

Often described as a piece of science-fiction laid against Boston and its people, it is actually a delicious satire of the people Edward Hale knew best, his Boston peers. His characters did, in fact, build a moon of brick and mortar and successfully, if unwittingly, launch it into orbit; but while this in itself was not an inconsiderable feat, the conception and construction of the brick moon were an ever greater accomplishment, a manifestation of the "Boston syndrome," which is marked by supreme confidence of the individual in his ability to accomplish virtually anything he sets his mind to, though sometimes it is looked on by others as arrogance. The outcome is an uncommonly high incidence of success through bumbling starts, fortuitous accidents, and a large portion of determination, faith, and courage. -- from introduction.

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