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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.
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One-Night Stands with American History, Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1982
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- Titel
- One-Night Stands with American History
- Untertitel
- Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger
- Verlag
- HarpPeren
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1982
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 285
- ISBN10
- 0688013996
- ISBN13
- 9780688013998
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Historisches Thema, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Geschichte, Humor, Geschichte der USA
- Bewertung
- 3,65 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- - 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.