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A New York Times bestseller - More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! ""Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!"" --People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook--which includes a new preface by Davis--he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history.

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A book that not only fills in gaps in historical knowledge, but is genuinely entertaining. . . . Wonderful! --Orlando Sentinel Davis writes with humor, he can turn a fine phrase. . . . If history were usuallytaught this way, we wouldn't have to worry about the dosing of the American mind. --Booklist If you've always wondered exactly what Boss Tweed bossed and what Tammany Hall was, Davis is your man. --Washington Post Book World Quirky, sardonic, accurate, rudimentary and often amusing . . . a breezy question-and-answer approach that is far removed from the massive textbooks all of us once lugged around. --Atlanta Journal and Constitution Refreshing and vastly informative . . . fun, engrossing and significant. . . . History in Davis's hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent--and memorable. --Patrida Holt, San Francisco Chronicle Unquestionably a handy reference book. It's just the thing when your pesky school-age kids try to show you up at homework time. --Dallas News

Unquestionably a handy reference book. It's just the thing when your pesky school-age kids try to show you up at homework time. --Dallas News Refreshing and vastly informative . . . fun, engrossing and significant. . . . History in Davis's hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent--and memorable. --Patrida Holt, San Francisco Chronicle Quirky, sardonic, accurate, rudimentary and often amusing . . . a breezy question-and-answer approach that is far removed from the massive textbooks all of us once lugged around. --Atlanta Journal and Constitution If you've always wondered exactly what Boss Tweed bossed and what Tammany Hall was, Davis is your man. --Washington Post Book World Davis writes with humor, he can turn a fine phrase. . . . If history were usuallytaught this way, we wouldn't have to worry about the dosing of the American mind. --Booklist A book that not only fills in gaps in historical knowledge, but is genuinely entertaining. . . . Wonderful! --Orlando Sentinel

""A book that not only fills in gaps in historical knowledge, but is genuinely entertaining. . . . Wonderful!""--Orlando Sentinel ""Davis writes with humor, he can turn a fine phrase. . . . If history were usuallytaught this way, we wouldn't have to worry about the dosing of the American mind.""--Booklist ""If you've always wondered exactly what Boss Tweed bossed and what Tammany Hall was, Davis is your man.""--Washington Post Book World ""Quirky, sardonic, accurate, rudimentary and often amusing . . . a breezy question-and-answer approach that is far removed from the massive textbooks all of us once lugged around.""--Atlanta Journal and Constitution ""Refreshing and vastly informative . . . fun, engrossing and significant. . . . History in Davis's hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent--and memorable.""--Patrida Holt, San Francisco Chronicle ""Unquestionably a handy reference book. It's just the thing when your pesky school-age kids try to show you up at homework time.""--Dallas News

Author Information

Kenneth C. Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nation Rising; America's Hidden History; and Don't Know Much About(R) History, which spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 1.7 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don't Know Much About(R) series for adults and children. A resident of New York City and Dorset, Vermont, Davis frequently appears on national television and radio and has been a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He blogs regularly at www.dontknowmuch.com.

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