On This Date: From The Pilgrims To Today, Discovering America One Day At A Time
by Carl M. Cannon /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Forget what you were taught in seventh grade-this riveting book
takes readers down American history's back alleys and side
streets.
Forget what you were taught in seventh grade-this riveting book
takes readers down American history's back alleys and side
streets.
From the arrival of the
From the arrival of theMayflower
Mayflower through the 2016 election,
ON THIS DATE explores five hundred years of American history,
revealing a compelling tale for each day in the calendar
year.
through the 2016 election,
ON THIS DATE explores five hundred years of American history,
revealing a compelling tale for each day in the calendar
year.
Drawing from Carl M. Cannon's popular RealClearPolitics' "Morning
Note," ON THIS DATE is focused on fascinating -- and sometimes
unknown -- stories behind specific dates in U.S. history: What
inspired Abraham Lincoln to grow his famous beard, what Dwight
Eisenhower really thought about playing football against the
great Jim Thorpe, the legal grounds for the first American
divorce, who wrote "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" -- and who
profited from it.
Drawing from Carl M. Cannon's popular RealClearPolitics' "Morning
Note," ON THIS DATE is focused on fascinating -- and sometimes
unknown -- stories behind specific dates in U.S. history: What
inspired Abraham Lincoln to grow his famous beard, what Dwight
Eisenhower really thought about playing football against the
great Jim Thorpe, the legal grounds for the first American
divorce, who wrote "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" -- and who
profited from it.
Colorful yet authoritative, ON THIS DATE debunks some popular
myths and celebrates America's forgotten heroes.
Colorful yet authoritative, ON THIS DATE debunks some popular
myths and celebrates America's forgotten heroes.