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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... killing of mastermind of the 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks, Osama bin Laden, by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs Like President Obama's announcement of bin Laden's death in May 2011, much of this more recent history reflects on the response of the ...
... killing of mastermind of the 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks, Osama bin Laden, by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs Like President Obama's announcement of bin Laden's death in May 2011, much of this more recent history reflects on the response of the ...
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... killing off perhaps 90 percent of the native population it found, all in the name of progress, civilization, and Christianity. While Europeans were technically more advanced in many respects than the natives they encountered, what ...
... killing off perhaps 90 percent of the native population it found, all in the name of progress, civilization, and Christianity. While Europeans were technically more advanced in many respects than the natives they encountered, what ...
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... killed by the Taino. Columbus established a second fort, but it was clear that this was not the land of gold and riches that the Spaniards expected. He sailed on to Cuba, still believing that he was on the Asian mainland, and then ...
... killed by the Taino. Columbus established a second fort, but it was clear that this was not the land of gold and riches that the Spaniards expected. He sailed on to Cuba, still believing that he was on the Asian mainland, and then ...
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... killed Pizarro.) 1535 Lima (Peru) founded by Pizarro. 1536 Buenos Aires (Argentina) founded by Spanish settlers, but they leave the area five years later because of Indian attacks. A group of settlers from Paraguay, led by a Spanish ...
... killed Pizarro.) 1535 Lima (Peru) founded by Pizarro. 1536 Buenos Aires (Argentina) founded by Spanish settlers, but they leave the area five years later because of Indian attacks. A group of settlers from Paraguay, led by a Spanish ...
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... killed a large number of French sailors who had been shipwrecked in a hurricane. The settlement of St. Augustine was razed by English privateer Francis Drake in 1586. Spain ruled St. Augustine until 1763, when the British gained control ...
... killed a large number of French sailors who had been shipwrecked in a hurricane. The settlement of St. Augustine was razed by English privateer Francis Drake in 1586. Spain ruled St. Augustine until 1763, when the British gained control ...
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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