Don't Know Much About History [30th Anniversary Edition]: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never LearnedHarperCollins, 2020 M11 3 - 752 pages A New York Times bestseller · More than 1.7 Million Copies Sold! “Reading Davis is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had!” —People magazine From the arrival of Columbus through the historic election of Barack Obama and beyond, Kenneth C. Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than five hundred years of American history. In this 30th anniversary edition of the classic anti-textbook—which includes a new preface by Davis—he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history. |
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... French reach the New World? Why is Pennsylvania the Quaker State? What were the thirteen original colonies? Few. eras in American history are shrouded in as much myth and mystery as the long period covering America's discovery and ...
... French reach the New World? Why is Pennsylvania the Quaker State? What were the thirteen original colonies? Few. eras in American history are shrouded in as much myth and mystery as the long period covering America's discovery and ...
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... French king, Charles VIII, withdrew from Naples, and the disease was soon spreading throughout Europe. Later, Portuguese sailors during the Age of Discovery carried the malady to Africa, India, and Asia, where it apparently had not been ...
... French king, Charles VIII, withdrew from Naples, and the disease was soon spreading throughout Europe. Later, Portuguese sailors during the Age of Discovery carried the malady to Africa, India, and Asia, where it apparently had not been ...
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... French for syphilis. And in Spain, the disease was blamed on the Jews, who had been forced out of Spain, also in that memorable year of 1492. According to McNeill, many modern researchers reject the so-called Columbian Exchange version ...
... French for syphilis. And in Spain, the disease was blamed on the Jews, who had been forced out of Spain, also in that memorable year of 1492. According to McNeill, many modern researchers reject the so-called Columbian Exchange version ...
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... trip. Finally, there is the 1524 voyage of still another Italian, Giovanni da Verrazano, who sailed in the employ of the French Crown with the financial backing of silk merchants eager for Asian trade. Verrazano was searching for a.
... trip. Finally, there is the 1524 voyage of still another Italian, Giovanni da Verrazano, who sailed in the employ of the French Crown with the financial backing of silk merchants eager for Asian trade. Verrazano was searching for a.
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... French Protestants, or Huguenots, had established a colony in Florida called Fort Caroline. Menéndez attacked the French and wiped them out, and later killed a large number of French sailors who had been shipwrecked in a hurricane. The ...
... French Protestants, or Huguenots, had established a colony in Florida called Fort Caroline. Menéndez attacked the French and wiped them out, and later killed a large number of French sailors who had been shipwrecked in a hurricane. The ...
Contents
Jane Roe sue Wade? | |
From the Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil | |
Authors Note | |
Acknowledgments | |
Is the Electoral College a Party School? A Presidential Election Primer | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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