{"product_id":"book-gca3","title":"The Balloon Hoax","description":"The Balloon Hoax was first published in The Sun newspaper in New York in 1844. Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a hot air balloon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story turned out to be a hoax and the paper published a retraction two days later (rumoured to also have been written by Poe himself) admitting the deception.The story ignited a fever of excitement in New York: Poe himself claimed that the Sun building was \"besieged\" by people wanting copies of the newspaper. \"I never witnessed more intense excitement to get possession of a newspaper,\" he wrote.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe furore around the story is a testimony to Poe's ability to build up a narrative with such plausible details, that it appears almost inconceivable that it should not be the truth.","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":51227443560752,"sku":"BDgca3","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gca3-Square-cover.jpg?v=1774621826","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gca3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}