Unreal Estate - The Men who Sold the Moon

For eons, the moon has been the symbol of supreme desire. Asking for the moon meant asking for the impossible. Owning the moon and the stars was both the ultimate want and the ultimate folly. And, proven that a fool and his money are easily parted, there ought to arise people who would readily exploit this weakness. With or without material aims, many people throughout the ages thought they were the first ones to embed the flag of their desire on the alien orbs. As the moon waxes and wanes above them and their unreal estate businesses, this book chronicles their way from anonymity to fame and back again.