Weird History 101
by John Richard Stephens
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By uncovering rare documents, eyewitness accounts and contemporary descriptions of episodes ranging from Viking funerals to the Vietnam war, the author reveals 85 true stories behind some of history's most fascinating events.Tags
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John Richard Stephens began writing books in 1987. Twenty-one have been published so far, including Wildest Lives of the Frontier America Through the Words of Jesse James, George Armstrong Custer, and Other Famous Westerner; Gold: Firsthand Accounts from the Rush That Made the West (both TwoDot); Commanding the storm (Lyons Press); Weird History show more and Wyatt Earp Speaks. show less
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- Original publication date
- 1997
- Important places
- Paris, France
- Epigraph
- I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.
--T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922) - Dedication
- This book is dedicated to Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
- First words
- EYEWITNESS TO CUSTER'S LAST STAND
On June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Custer and 225 of his men died in the Battle of Little Bighorn. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)This prompted a former British Cabinet member, John Gummer, to comment, "I can't think of any section of the community that needs one more."
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- English
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