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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... soldier named Juan de Garay, reestablishes Buenos Aires in 1580. 1538 Bogota (Colombia) founded by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, a Spanish military leader who conquered the area's Chibcha Indians. 1539 Hernando De Soto, a veteran of the ...
... soldier named Juan de Garay, reestablishes Buenos Aires in 1580. 1538 Bogota (Colombia) founded by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, a Spanish military leader who conquered the area's Chibcha Indians. 1539 Hernando De Soto, a veteran of the ...
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... soldier, courtier, and businessman, Gilbert also played a hand in the earliest English attempts at colonization. In 1578, another Englishman, Martin Frobisher, set off for the fabled route and reached the northeast coast of Canada ...
... soldier, courtier, and businessman, Gilbert also played a hand in the earliest English attempts at colonization. In 1578, another Englishman, Martin Frobisher, set off for the fabled route and reached the northeast coast of Canada ...
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... soldier of fortune in the wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Turks, he rose to captain's rank and had supposedly been held prisoner by the Turkish Pasha and sold as a slave to a young, handsome woman. After escaping, he was ...
... soldier of fortune in the wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Turks, he rose to captain's rank and had supposedly been held prisoner by the Turkish Pasha and sold as a slave to a young, handsome woman. After escaping, he was ...
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... soldiers sailed into New York Harbor. The Dutch and other settlers there, unhappy with the administration of the West India Company, gladly accepted English terms despite Peter Stuyvesant's blustery call to resist. Without a shot fired ...
... soldiers sailed into New York Harbor. The Dutch and other settlers there, unhappy with the administration of the West India Company, gladly accepted English terms despite Peter Stuyvesant's blustery call to resist. Without a shot fired ...
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... Soldiers What was Common Sense? What exactly does the Declaration of Independence say? What did Congress leave out? Why is there a statue of Benedict Arnold's boot? What were the Articles of Confederation? Betsy Ross: Did she or didn't ...
... Soldiers What was Common Sense? What exactly does the Declaration of Independence say? What did Congress leave out? Why is there a statue of Benedict Arnold's boot? What were the Articles of Confederation? Betsy Ross: Did she or didn't ...
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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