Rick Beyer je autorem bestsellerů, oceňovaným filmařem a dlouholetým nadšencem do historie. Jeho díla se ponořují do fascinujících, často přehlížených příběhů, které oživují minulost pro současné čtenáře. Beyerho styl se vyznačuje pronikavým zkoumáním klíčových postav a událostí, přičemž zkoumá složité vztahy a motivace, které formovaly historii. Jeho schopnost vtáhnout čtenáře do těchto dramatických vyprávění z něj činí významného historického vypravěče.
100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, & stupefy •Meet the angry undertaker who gave us the push-button phone. •Discover how modesty led to the •Find out why Albert Einstein patented a refrigerator. •Learn how a train full of trumpeters made science history. Did you know about: •The frustrated fashion designer who created the space suit? •The gun-toting newspaperman who invented the parking meter? •The midnight dreams that led to a Nobel Prize?
Did you know about: The ballet that sparked a riot? The rock star who became an astrophysicist? The song that saved Wheaties? The man killed by his own conducting? The controversy behind "Mary Had a Little Lamb"? Prepare to be astonished, bewildered, and stupefied by the tantalizing tidbits of music history collected here: amazing stories about jazz, classical, country, rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, show tunes, composers, band names, song lyrics, instruments, technology, controversies, and more. Learn how the FBI spent years trying to decode the lyrics of one rock song. Discover how Watergate provided the inspiration for A Chorus Line. Find out how one megahit was born in a history class, while another was dashed off in a fit of anger at actor Robert De Niro. Meet the monk behind solfÈge, the aviation pioneer who created Muzak, and the prisoner who literally sang himself out of jail. Then there's the most important person in rock 'n' roll history—chances are you've never heard of him! Continuing the successful Greatest Stories Never Told series, Rick Beyer has delivered another classic volume for history and music buffs alike.
