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In Banvard's Folly, Paul Collins celebrates what he calls the "forgotten ephemera of genius." Here are thirteen unforgettable portraits of men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad... read more
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The life of John Banvard is the most perfect crystallization of loss imaginable.
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- Dewey: 973
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