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The Mental Floss History Of The United States: The (Almost) Complete And (Entirely) Entertaining Story Of America (2010)

by Erik Sass(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061928224 (ISBN13: 9780061928222)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Harper

review 1: Pros: Super readable, fun breezy tone, comprehensive. Cons: Some oversights (e.g. gay liberation - limited to a discussion of how the anti-AIDS movement liberated GLBTs; hello Stonewall? lesbian feminists?) and a poor index (e.g. "feminism" only points to a couple of pages about anti-feminists like Phyllis Schafley, ugh). But still, if you generally find American history books too heavy and tedious, and so never read it at all, pick this one up. Better this than nothing at all.
review 2: This really should be required reading for anyone living in the U.S.Granted, the author(s) give you a definite answer on a lot of ambiguous/subjective questions in American history, so this shouldn't be one's only source. But each of those definite answers is presented with con... moresideration of the major players' points-of-view, as well as rather convincing documented facts. The explanations were entertaining and logically explained, leaving me thinking on several occasions: "why didn't they say it that way in school?!"The titles of sections and graphs had clever, funny titles, and the flow of the structure was easy to follow. Plus, I was actually hooked, knowing what would be discussed next, and looking forward to having my curiosity slaked.Highly recommended. And an amazingly quick read. less

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