Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780932813671)

Takes us into the bizarre and often humorous lives of such people as Lady Blount, who was sure that the earth is flat, Cyrus Teed, who believed that the earth is a hollow shell with us in the inside; Edward Hine, who believed that the British are the lost Tribes of Israel; and Baron de Guldenstubbe, who was sure that statues wrote him letters. British writer and housewife Nesta Webster devoted her life to exposing international conspiracies, and Father O'Callaghan devoted his to opposing interest on loans. The extraordinary characters in this book were and in some cases still are wholehearted enthusiasts for the various causes and outrageous notions they adopted, and John Michell describes their adventures with spirit and compassion.

Author: John Michell
ISBN-10: 0932813674
ISBN-13: 9780932813671
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Language: English
Published: 04/19/1999
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.83h x 5.91w x 0.47d