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- 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.
Zakup książki
One-Night Stands with American History, Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 1982
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
Metody płatności
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- Tytuł
- One-Night Stands with American History
- Podtytuł
- Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger
- Wydawca
- HarpPeren
- Rok wydania
- 1982
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 285
- ISBN10
- 0688013996
- ISBN13
- 9780688013998
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Ocena
- 3,7 z 5
- Opis
- - 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.