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American History Revised: 200 Startling Facts That Never Made It Into The Textbooks (2010)

by Seymour Morris Jr.(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0307587606 (ISBN13: 9780307587602)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Broadway Books

review 1: I really enjoyed this book. The author is not a professional historian, but a businessman who is interested in history. Which gave it a different perspective. There were definitely some startling facts, and some I already knew, but probably only because I read history books. Second book I've read describing Woodrow Wilson's incredible level of racism. I liked the book's section showing how history repeats itself. Overall, a good read.
review 2: We went to the nat'l archives yesterday and i found this in the gift shop. I read the preface last night and have decided that this could possible be the best American history book every written. He quotes Samuel Johnson "Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history." In 1931, while crossing Fifth Avenue in NY, an ... moreEnglishman used to looking to the right looked the wrong way and was hit by a taxicab - but survived. Had Winston Churchill walked a second faster, he could have been run over. I'm really looking forward to this one! less

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