Mr. Munchausen
Mr. Munchausen: Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures Beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder, as originally reported for the Sunday Edition of the Gehenna Gazette by its special interviewer the late Mr. Ananias formerly of Jerusalem, and now first transcribed from the columns of that journal by J. K. Bangs is a novel by John Kendrick Bangs. It is the third book of John Bangs' the Houseboat on the Styx series. Its title is a mockery of the 18-19th century lengthy book and chapter titles, in particluar of the original Baron Munchausen. In various library, collectibles, and sales catalogs the title of the book it usually truncated in various ways. Originally printed by Noyes, Platt & Co., Boston, USA, in 1901, it was reprinted by Books for Libraries Press (1969), ISBN 0836930134 .
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