The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past

Title: The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past Author: Nate Dimeo ISBN: 9780593446157 Publisher: Random House Published: 2024 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher American History 1623430 Publisher Description: Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace.The Memory Palace is a collection of crystalline historical tales that read like luminous short fiction and, like Nate DiMeo's acclaimed podcast of the same name, conjure lost moments and forgotten figures who are calling out across time to be remembered. Space capsules filled with fruit flies and future senators. A socialite scientist who gives up her glamorous life to follow love and the elusive prairie chicken. A boy genius on a path to change the world who gets lost in t