Famous first facts : a record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history
by Joseph Nathan Kane
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Thousands of first happenings, discoveries and inventions that have occurred throughout American history - from 10,000 B.C.E., the date of the earliest human artifacts found in America, to 1977, when Madeleine Albright became the first female Secretary of State.Tags
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This is the 1975 edition. Can't be out-of-date, of course, 'cause they still would have been first.
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This is a marvellous book, full of useful information and surprise and material for wasting time happily; but not as full as it looks, since so much of its great weight is taken up by wordy
indexes of which the largest is the least useful.
indexes of which the largest is the least useful.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 031.02
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- Genres
- Reference, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 031.02 — Computer science, information & general works Encyclopedias & books of facts Guiness Records, Ripley's Believe It or Not Miscellanies and Factbooks
- LCC
- AG5 .K315 — General Works Dictionaries and other general reference works Dictionaries and other general reference works
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 4
