Banvard's folly: thirteen tales of renowned obscurity, famous anonymity, and rotten luck
Biographies, Histoire (biographies)
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Résumé
History will always remember the Edisons, Einsteins and Darwins. But what about the others who had similarly revolutionary ideas, but who plummeted into oblivion? This title tells of the lives of 13 "losers", who achieved great heights in their lifetimes,… only then to meet crushing defeats and be forgotten by history. 2001.