Description: PURCHASED THIS BOOK IN HOPE MY-- HUBBY WOULD TAKE UP READING A LITTLE--DIDNT HAPPEN--NEVER BEEN READ--BRAND NEWProduct InformationHistory isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy. That's the kind of history you'll find in The Greatest Stories Never Told. This is history candy -- the good stuff. Here are 100 tales to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy: more than two thousand years of history filled with courage, cowardice, hope, triumph, sex, intrigue, folly, humor, and ambition. It's a historical delight and a visual feast with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and maps that bring each story to life. A new discovery waits on every page: stories that changed the course of history and stories that affected what you had for breakfast this morning. Consider: The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer Some Roman officials were so corrupt that they actually stole time itself Three cigars changed the course of the Civil War The Scottish kilt was invented by an Englishman Based on the popular Timelab 2000(R) history minutes hosted by Sam Waterston on The History Channel(R), this collection of fascinating historical tidbits will have you shaking your head in wonder and disbelief. But they're all true. And you'll soon find yourself telling them to your friends.
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Book Title: Greatest Stories Never Told : 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
Item Length: 7.6in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 7.4in
Author: Rick Beyer
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: General
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2003
Genre: Non-Classifiable, History
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
