Parametry
- 285 stránek
- 10 hodin čtení
Více o knize
- In 1921, a bankrupt H.L. Hunt won his first oil well in a game of five-card stud. - Women were in such short supply in Louisiana in 1721 that the government of France shipped twenty-five prostitutes to the colony. - U.S. Grant was arrested, while President, for speeding in his horse carriage. - Lord Cornbury, a governor of New York from 1702 to 1708, was a transvestite. - J. Edgar Hoover refused to allow people to walk on his shadow. These and other remarkable facts are recorded -- and documented -- in this fascinating treasure trove of little-known facts about American history. Based on exhaustive research, this irreverent collection will startle, amuse, entertain, and inform -- and every word is true.
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One-Night Stands with American History, Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 1982
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- Titul
- One-Night Stands with American History
- Podtitul
- Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger
- Vydavatel
- HarpPeren
- Rok vydání
- 1982
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 285
- ISBN10
- 0688013996
- ISBN13
- 9780688013998
- Série
- Štítky
- Naučná literatura, Společenské vědy, Historické téma, Historie, Skutečné příběhy, Životopisy, Humor, Dějiny USA
- Hodnocení
- 3,65 z 5
- Anotace
- - In 1921, a bankrupt H.L. Hunt won his first oil well in a game of five-card stud. - Women were in such short supply in Louisiana in 1721 that the government of France shipped twenty-five prostitutes to the colony. - U.S. Grant was arrested, while President, for speeding in his horse carriage. - Lord Cornbury, a governor of New York from 1702 to 1708, was a transvestite. - J. Edgar Hoover refused to allow people to walk on his shadow. These and other remarkable facts are recorded -- and documented -- in this fascinating treasure trove of little-known facts about American history. Based on exhaustive research, this irreverent collection will startle, amuse, entertain, and inform -- and every word is true.