Smart Aleck's Guide to American History

Name: Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
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ISBN: 9780385736503

ISBN-10: 0385736509

ISBN-13: 9780385736503

Edition: N/A

Authors: Adam Selzer

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Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt? Hmmm. I thought so. Well, youreallyneed this book. Not only will it improve your sorry historical knowledge, it will crack you up, and give you material to throw your teachers off-balance for entire class periods. Identify their lies! Point out their half-truths! And possibly, just possibly, gain some extra credit for yourself.

Book details

List price: $15.99
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 12/22/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Adam Selzeris the author ofHow to Get Suspended and Influence People, Pirates of the Retail Wasteland,andI Put a Spell on You.In addition to his work as a tour guide and assistant ghostbuster (really), he moonlights as a rock star. Check him out on the Web at www.adamselzer.com.



Introduction



The Earliest American Settlers: Brave, Bold, and Rich In Minerals



The Colonists are Revolting



A Nation Declines to Bathe



The civil war: America's Changing Body



The Gilded age (Or, Screw the Poor!)



World war I: "The War to End All Wars"



The Roaring Twenties



The Depressing Thirties



World war II (Out of...?)



1947-89: The "We Didn't Start the Fire" Era



And on into the future


The End


Index