Mr. Munchausen — John Kendrick Bangs

“That's what I thought; and when you can't work ruin stares you in the face, eh? Now I have a manuscript -- ”

“Oh Lord!” I cried. “Don't. There are millions in the same fix. Even my cook writes.”

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One perfect evening the author receives a ghostly phone call from none other than the Baron Munchausen himself , with a rich offer no sane living man could refuse. Proclaiming his devotion to the truth behind every one of the baron's tall tales, the author presented this book to the public with absolute faith that you would believe them as much as he does