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Title: A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing by Michael Farquhar ISBN: 0-14-200192-9 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Treasury of Great American Scandals
Comment: I expected an excellent & hilarious book from our hometown author, Michael Farquahar, and he delivered! He catapulted me back to early America with the very first story and I was sufficiently shocked, bewildered, and flabbergasted by the behavior of our fore fathers, making them all too human! (And some rather sub-human.) It's a terrific summer read... perfect release date, July 2nd, I might add.. I read it on the beach during my summer vacation and laughed out loud at some of the stories. The people around me wanted to know what was so funny. I would tell one story and then say, "Read the book!"
Needless to say, I have everyone in my family and all of my friends now reading and laughing and trading thoughts on these revelations of our history. Makes you put today's so-called scandals into historical perspective! Bill Clinton had nothing on these guys!
Rating: 5
Summary: EXCELLENT READING
Comment: I read this author's first book on Royal Scandals and found it both informative and, at times, very funny. This new book on American Scandals is even better. In Great American Scandals, the reader will find topics that are generally familiar and completely unknown. From the Salem Witch Trials to the 1970s Congressional sexcapades, the author writes with a combination of facts and wit. You will realize, after reading this book, how much you didn't know about the topics you thought you were familiar with.
For example, everyone knows that Mary Todd Lincoln was mentally ill. Who knew her own son took her to court to have her committed to a mental institution!
Farquhar gives a great history on "dueling" - beginning with the famous Burr-Hamilton duel and moves into its history and its popularity in the 19th century - involving several well and lesser known politicians.
I particularly enjoyed the information on the Presidents...the Nixon "quotes" are classic...
I highly recommend this book - a must read for all fans of US History!
Rating: 5
Summary: I don't remember this from school...
Comment: ...but I really enjoyed learning it now! This stuff is enlightening and truly entertaining. Like Farquhar's first book, it's an easy read and truly hilarious. He applies the scathing wit from Royal Scandals to our own history and it provides lots of laughs (even if it did make me feel a bit unpatriotic at times). Don't miss the chapter on Ima Hogg!
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Title: A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar ISBN: 0140280243 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty by Karl Shaw ISBN: 0767907558 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 29 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II by David Hilliam ISBN: 0750923407 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard ISBN: 0312244967 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? and 100 Other Great Cultural Lists--Fully Explicated by Peter D'Epiro, Mary Desmond Pinkowish ISBN: 0385490623 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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