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9780385736503

The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780385736503

  • ISBN10:

    0385736509

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2009-12-22
  • Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Adam Selzer is the author of How to Get Suspended and Influence People. He grew up in the suburbs of Des Moines and now lives in downtown Chicago, where he can write in a different coffee shop every day without even leaving his neighborhood. 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.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
The Earliest American Settlers: Brave, Bold, and Rich In Mineralsp. 4
The Colonists are Revoltingp. 30
A Nation Declines to Bathep. 62
The civil war: America's Changing Bodyp. 95
The Gilded age (Or, Screw the Poor!)p. 132
World war I: "The War to End All Wars"p. 163
The Roaring Twentiesp. 180
The Depressing Thirtiesp. 199
World war II (Out of...?)p. 214
1947-89: The "We Didn't Start the Fire" Erap. 238
And on into the futurep. 308
The Endp. 321
Indexp. 323
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