The Extravagant Ambassador:The True Story of Alexandre Vattemare, the French Ventriloquist Who Changed the World
Price: $38.00
ISBN: 0-89073-131-4
BPL Catalog Number: 449
Published 2007.

Edited by Earle Havens, Acting Keeper of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library, and Pierre-Alain Tilliette, Conservateur en chef a la Bibliotheque administrative de la Ville de Paris. The eventful life and multi-faceted philanthropy of Alexandre Vattemare (1796-1864) are celebrated in this book and the exhibition which opens at the Boston Public Library in June of 2007. 288 pages.
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