A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing Paperback - 2003 - 51500th Edition
by Michael Farquhar
Following on the heels of his national bestseller, "A Treasury of Royal Scandals, " Farquhar returns with a witty compendium of the most salacious, outrageous, and quirky misdeeds in American history.
Summary
Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have punctuated our history, we see our founding fathers and other American heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors; treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings; and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. We can take comfort in the fact that we are no worse and no better than our forebears. But we do have better media coverage. Bonus educational material:
- A brief history of the United States, including scandals!
- The American Hall of Shame!
- A complete listing of presidential administrations!
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- Title A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing
- Author Michael Farquhar
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 51500th
- Edition 51500
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York, NY
- Date 2003-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780142001929 / 0142001929
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.94 x 5.34 x 0.75 in (20.17 x 13.56 x 1.91 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government, United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003044457
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.099
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Citations
- Kliatt, 09/01/2003, Page 41
- Library Journal, 06/01/2003, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 06/01/2003, Page 0
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