500 Little-known Facts in U.S. History

500 Little-known Facts in U.S. History
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Publisher : Cedar Fort
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 1555179479
ISBN-13 : 9781555179472
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Book Synopsis 500 Little-known Facts in U.S. History by : George W. Givens

Download or read book 500 Little-known Facts in U.S. History written by George W. Givens and published by Cedar Fort. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The more we know about the past, the better we understand the present. Do you know? - That Pocahontas wasn't the only daughter of Chief Powhatan to be courted by an English explorer? - How dead English soldiers took revenge on a tribe of Indians that massacred two thousand unarmed English prisoners? - the name of the woman patriot who rode five times as far as Paul Revere on the same kind of mission? - Which two former presidents died fifty years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence? - What Abraham Lincoln's last words were just before he was assassinated at Ford's Theater? - the name of the president who introduced sexual shenanigans into the White House long before Bill Clinton arrived? - That the military mounted dummy cannons, known as Quaker guns, to protect the White House during World War II? In this entertaining and enlightening book, you'll learn little-known facts from America's colorful past that you'll never forget! from the author of 500 Little-Known Facts in Mormon History and 500 More Little-Known Facts in Mormon History.


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