01936cam a2200301 i 4500 1634754246 TxAuBib 20250109120000.0 240713s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024027778 9781250291202 HRD 30.00 1250291208 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Mahnke, Aaron, author. Cabinet of curiosities [BOOK] : a historical tour of the unbelievable, the unsettling, and the bizarre / Aaron Mahnke with Harry Marks. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024. xiii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Curious Americana -- Wild coincidences -- Fantastic beasts -- Unbelievable stunts -- Bizarre events -- Strange literature -- Remarkable inventions -- Eerie mysteries -- Baffling origins -- Uncanny people -- Peculiar places -- More than human -- Puzzlingcrimes -- Wartime wonders. "From the creator of the long-running, smash-hit podcast Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities comes the book—a riveting look inside some of history’s strangest stories. Learn the fascinating tale of where the invention of the croissant actually happened, and relive the adventures of a dog that stowed away and went to war. Along the way, readers will pass through an unfamiliar American state, watch Abraham Lincoln’s son be rescued by someone surprising, and learn how too many crash landings inspired one pilot to leave the airline industry and shift his thirst for flight to new heights.". 20250109. Curiosities and wonders. Marks, Harry C., author.