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Stupid American History
Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions
Book #3 of Stupid History
Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
A New York Times Bestseller! Welcome to the land of the free, the home of the brave—and, apparently, the dumb, bizarre, and gullible . . .
Did you know that . . .
Did you know that . . .
- John Tyler was on his knees playing marbles when he was informed that Benjamin Harrison had died and he was now president of the United States
- For reasons still unknown, Texas congressman Thomas Lindsay Blanton, a Presbyterian Sunday school teacher and prohibitionist, inserted dirty words into the Congressional Record in 1921—for which his colleagues officially censured him by a vote of 293-0
- Two US presidents were indentured servants—and one of them ran away and wound up with a $10 reward posted for his capture
Product Details
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (April 21, 2009)
- Length: 272 pages
- ISBN13: 9780740779916
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