Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year
Title:
Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year
Author:
Farquhar, Michael, author.
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Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2015]
Physical Description:
479 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
"Farquhar's ... entries draw from the full sweep of history to take readers through a complete year of misery, including tales of lost fortunes (like the would-be Apple investor who pulled out in 1977 and missed out on a $30 billion-dollar windfall), romance gone wrong (like the 16th-century Shah who experimented with an early form of Viagra with empire-changing results), and truly bizarre moments (like the Great Molasses Flood of 1919)"--
Language:
English
Contents:
January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December.
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ISBN:
9781426212680
Format :
Book
