Free delivery for orders over 69.99€

Check order status

Become part of a community of book lovers from all over the world and get access to a whole bunch of benefits. Create an account for free

Free delivery for purchases over 69.99 €

Speedy courier 3.49 € Speedy point 3.49 € Еконт courier 3.99 € Еконтомат/Офис на Еконт 3.99 € Ekont Box 3.99 € Sameday courier 3.99 € Sameday Box 3.99 € Box Now 3.99 €

Contact

How to shop

Help

My account

▸ Empty :-(

Free delivery for orders over 69.99€

The Book of Trivia and Facts: American History

Terri Schlichenmeyer

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 43269821

Publishers VISIBLE INK PR, October 2023

Entertaining, informative, and fun. Educational, trivial, and profound. Astonishing, amazing, and su... Full description

Libristo code: 43269821

121 b

49.86 €

97.51 лв

In stock at our supplier Shipping in 9-13 days

Up to 30 days for returns

Customers also purchased

Praxisratgeber Pflegeversicherung Annett Wieprecht-Kotzsch

Paperback

18.91 € 36.99 лв

ONDU AADIMA PREMA (Kannada) Nandini Heddurga

Paperback

16.86 € 32.97 лв

Odyseja Homer

Hardback

14.23 € 27.84 лв

Wirtschaft Zentralafrikas Iwan Kuschnir

Paperback

8.22 € 16.08 лв

Cantil de Cantos - Poemas Ejemplares Mañueco Martínez

Paperback

13.51 € 26.43 лв

Haaland. Najlepsi piłkarze świata Matt Oldfield

Paperback

7.19 € 14.06 лв

Ebedi ruhu ?ifalandirmak - geçmi? ya?am ve ruhsal regresyon çali?malarindan kavrayi?lar Andy Tomlinson

Paperback

16.80 € 32.87 лв

Environnement de dépôt et potentiel d'hydrocarbures de la région de Kibuku Patrick Mugwano

Paperback

33.82 € 66.14 лв

Hechos y cosas de los negros de Sevilla COSANO PRIETO

Paperback

41.63 € 81.42 лв

Um Himmels Willen Veronika Zaplata

DVD

28.68 € 56.09 лв

Gedichte zum Traumen Rene Duval

Paperback

9.61 € 18.79 лв

Aprendizaje y ense?anza: formación y perfeccionamiento

Paperback

28.18 € 55.11 лв

Estudios de reducción de pérdidas eléctricas en la red de distribución

Paperback

37.53 € 73.41 лв

Entertaining, informative, and fun. Educational, trivial, and profound. Astonishing, amazing, and surprising. That's history! Take a weird and wonderful tour of American history with this treat of stories, trivia, and facts!

From Juan Ponce de Leóoacute;n to John Wayne to Jane Doe to the little-known stories hidden inside bigger historical events, The Book of Facts and Trivia: American History combines the educational, profound, and trivial into a rich account of American history facts (and the interesting role Johns-and Juans and Janes—played along the way)! You’ll learn about the United States through hundreds of absorbing stories and interesting tidbits such as …

Our sixth president, John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), had a pet alligator while in the White House.

Graceland, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is America's second-most visited home. The first is Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

In 1970, Continental Airlines made it a policy that every disembarking male passenger got a kiss on the cheek from a stewardess.

Twenty to twenty-five percent of cowboys in the mid-1800s were black.

The first public service announcement meant to encourage Americans not to litter appeared in 1956.

Washington is the most common city/town/village name in America, followed by Springfield and Franklin.

Actor Jack Black’s mother was a satellite engineer and author who worked on the Hubble Telescope.

Most of the Continental Congress officially signed the Declaration of Independence on July 2, 1776 (not July 4!).

The Food Marketing Institute estimates that some two million shopping carts are stolen each year.

Kansas City, Missouri, leads the nation in the number of fountains inside its city limits.

The Statue of Liberty is 305 feet tall with a waist that's 35 feet across.

And many more American history facts!

An absorbing guide to history, The Book of Facts and Trivia is a treat of stories, facts, and trivia guaranteed to both inform and entertain. It’s a feast of fun oddities that are delightfully eye-opening!