Following Gulliver’s example, a shipwrecked sailor reaches a country ruled by enormous intelligent birds and describes their religion, government, customs and court. When the Cacklogallinians launch a project to fly to the Moon in search of gold, he is chosen to go, and the whole speculative frenzy becomes a sharp satire on the South Sea Bubble.
An early English moon voyage and a witty send-up of financial mania. Download the free EPUB.