The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past

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Synopsis
Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace.&“One doesn&’t often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven them together. The Memory Palace wants you to linger, to stay awhile, and find a deeper meaning both in the stories of the past and perhaps in your own life as well.&”—Ken BurnsThe Memory Palace is a collection of crystalline historical tales that read like luminous short fiction and, like Nate DiMeo&’s acclaimed podcast of the same name, conjure lost moments and forgotten figures who are calling out across time to be remembered.Space capsules filled with fruit flies and future senators. A socialite scientist who gives up her glamorous life to follow love and the elusive prairie chicken. A boy genius on a path to change the world who gets lost in the theoretical possibilities of streetcar transfers. An enslaved man who steals a boat and charts a course that leads him to freedom, war, and Congress. A farmer&’s wife who puts down her butter churn, picks up the butter, and becomes an international art star. An amusement park glowing at the water&’s edge when electric lights are a brand-new thing. This cabinet of curiosities teems with wonder.For fifteen years, Nate DiMeo has turned to the past to make sense of the way we live today, finding beauty and meaning in history&’s dustier corners, holding things up to the light and weaving facts, keen insight, wit, and poignant observation into unforgettable tales. With new stories and treasured favorites from the beloved podcast assembled alongside dynamic illustrations and archival photographs for the first time, enchantment awaits you.
Copyright:
2024

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780593446171
Related ISBNs:
9780593446157
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
Nate DiMeo
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Communication
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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