Three Odd Books on the lighter than air conquest of the skies, from the first balloon ascents to the mysterious airship sightings of 1896, to the tragedy of the Hindenburg dirigible, by Odd Salon Fellow and resident airship aficionado, Justin Quimby.
Three books on the science and history of boozy delights, recommended by Casey Selden, Fellow of Odd Salon, home brewer and cocktail science aficionado.
Jan Brueghel the Younger mocked the speculators of the Tulip markets with his cavorting monkeys
In 1931 a family on the Isle of Man reported visitations from a talking mongoose named Gef.
In 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published a book about what later became known quite famously as the Cottingley Fairy Hoax. ⠀
A "miraculous" birthing unraveled by the discovery of smuggled rabbits.
A battle to the bottom between early paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh
Three books on the history of map making, recommended by Barbara North, Fellow of Odd Salon and rogue cartographer.
The frolicsome bat-winged moon men and ladies, moon beavers and unicorns of the Great Moon Hoax of 1835
Three books on the history of magic, recommended by Christian Cagigal, Fellow of Odd Salon and our resident illusionist.
