By: Kenneth C. Davis
Everything You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events and More!
Genre: Non-Fiction
Harper
August 1, 2007
On Sale: August 1, 2007
Featuring:
320 pages
ISBN: 0061251461
EAN: 9780061251467
Paperback
Book Summary
In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology, the Bible, the universe, geography, and the Civil War.
Now, the sky's the limit in his latest irresistible installment—a grand tour of knowledge that carries us from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Berlin Wall, from the Salem Witch Trials to Watergate, from Michelangelo to Houdini. Brimming with busted myths, gripping true stories, and peculiar particulars about a plethora of people, places, and events, this captivating compendium is guaranteed to delight information lovers everywhere as it feeds our insatiable appetite to know everything!