The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln And 44 Other Forgotten Figures from History

by Donald, Graeme

• ISBN13: 9780762774289
• ISBN10: 0762774282
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-22
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

A revealing look at history's most important also-rans, bit-players, and might-have-beens Most people know that Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, but who shot John Wilkes Booth? The answer: Thomas Boston Corbett, who went mad instead of finding fame and fortune. We know about the great men whose actions changed the course of history, but what about the men whose actions affected those men? This is their book. Offbeat and engaging, The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincolnreveals the stories of forty-five of history's most significant but little-known game-changers, including: - Pierre Basile, the crossbowman whose arrow hit Richard I - John Barry, the confederate who mistakenly shot Stonewall Jackson - Lee Duncan, the serviceman who rescued a puppy from the trenches of World War I and brought him home to America, where he became famous as Rin Tin Tin - Hanna Reitsch, Hitler's personal pilot If you think you know your history, think again.

Author Biography

Graeme Donald is the author of Loose Cannons (Lyons Press) and Sticklers, Sideburns & Bikinis. He has written and broadcast on the origins of words, nursery rhymes, superstitions, and popular misconceptions for many years. He has also appeared on numerous radio and television shows. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Killer be Killed
The Blind Assassin	p. 3
Hit Le Führer!	p. 9
The Man Who Offed the Romanovs	p. 18
Flying into Legend	p. 25
Kitchener's Sink	p. 32
Il Duce Vita	p. 39
Harper's Bizarre	p. 46
The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln	p. 53
Woody's Last Hunting Trip	p. 64
Mercader's Projection	p. 68
Hidden Players in Major Events
Bluebird's Rover, the White Cliffs of Dover	p. 81
Custer, by the Short and Curlys	p. 85
Camelot's Heavenly Mist	p. 101
Don't Worry about It! It's Breakfast Time	p. 105
His Master's Voice?	p. 110
Ice-Cream Terrorists	p. 114
Churchill Heads for Portes in a Storm	p. 117
The Fool Monty	p. 123
Fox-on-Fox	p. 129
The Anne Frank Blackmailer	p. 134
The Girl Who Stopped a War?	p. 144
A Few Wrong Turns	p. 148
Hollywood and the Mafia Pair for War	p. 154
Klose Encounters of the Third Reich	p. 163
Molasses Junction	p. 169
From Rocket-Man to Dr. Strangelove	p. 172
Oh, Brother!	p. 188
Krieg-Hund Supreme	p. 193
Two Out and One Filling	p. 195
Pas Calais!	p. 200
Mussolini's Barber	p. 205
O Come All Ye Faithful	p. 210
Lucky Yamaguchi	p. 216
There's Something Wrong Here	p. 220
The Whore Who Saved Gibraltar	p. 228
Tunnel Vision	p. 235
Wallpaper	p. 241
Inventions and Discoveries
The Birth of Route 66	p. 247
Bras and "Bunnies"	p. 254
Fun-Time Führer	p. 257
Fantastiche	p. 263
Soldier's Little Helper	p. 266
The Mummy's Curse	p. 270
The Man-Made Woman	p. 275
The Waves Are Alive with the Sound of Musak	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 286
Index	p. 288
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