{"product_id":"the-travels-and-surprising-adventures-rudolf-erich-raspe-9781612191232","title":"The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe restored, unbowdlerized text of Raspe's slapstick travel epic featuring the classic illustrations from Strang \u0026amp; Clark (1895)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e No one has journeyed to as many foreign lands as Baron von Munchausen. Nor, when it comes time to fire a cannon, will you find anyone more accurate. The comfort of courtly life is as natural to him as the harshest polar desert. On the subject of politics and science he has no equal. And all discussion of the moon must start and stop with the only man who has ever been there. His feats of prowess are famed the world over. Who else could leap a hedgerow with a carriage and horse on their back? No one. And then of course there are the bears. . . My god the poor bears! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten at a time when science was replacing religion, and explorers were mapping the globe, and in our own time made into an acclaimed movie by Terry Gilliam, \u003ci\u003eThe Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen\u003c\/i\u003e unleashed the quintessential madman upon the Age of Enlightenment--and it remains the tallest of tall tales to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudolf Erich Raspe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612191231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612191232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.54d","brand":"Rudolf Erich Raspe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153775309055,"sku":"9781612191232","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3141754-da37-42d0-b0b8-685651794808.jpg?v=1770785747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-travels-and-surprising-adventures-rudolf-erich-raspe-9781612191232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}