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The Flip Side of History - by Steve Silverman (Paperback)

The Flip Side of History - by  Steve Silverman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this collection of true, quirky history, Steve Silverman provides fascinating tales to astonish and entertain. Covering a wide variety of topics, these stories that have been lost to history highlight the quirks, complexities, and curious nature of our species.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Hidden History, Strange Stories, and Hard-to-Believe Headlines </b><p><b>What if there was a flip side to the history channel? </b>What would you do with all the historical facts and tales left out of history textbooks? From the host of the popular Useless Information podcast, Steve Silverman, comes a collection of fun history facts, strange news, and lost stories. <br></p><p><b>True Stories and random trivia that will entertain or liven up any conversation.</b> In <em>The Flip Side of History: Fascinating True Stories that Time Has Long Forgotten</em>, you can read about common folk and not-so-common knowledge. In this collection of over thirty historical events, Steve Silverman provides fascinating stories and easy to read facts. Covering a wide variety of topics, these stories highlight the quirks, complexities, and curiousness of man. <br></p><p><b>Stranger than Stranger Things.</b> <em>The Flip Side of History</em> gives you tales full of strange news, trivia, and facts. Some made newspaper headlines, others were lost in history: </p><ul><li>A prominent lawyer leaves his entire estate to a town for the establishment of a library that forbids women--setting off riots, arrests, and the near hanging of a judge. </li><li>The amazing story of the only person rescued from slavery by the Underground Railroad four times. </li><li>That time a man in the 1950s stole hundreds of women's shoes in Coronado and San Diego, California. The shoes, most of them the left shoe, were found dispersed randomly all over town. </li></ul><p><b>If you're a fan of the Florida Man Challenge and books like <em>The Book of Unusual Knowledge</em>, <em>The Way I Heard It</em>, <em> Interesting Stories for Curious People</em>, or <em>The Greatest Stories Never Told</em>; then <em>The Flip Side of History</em> is the book for you! </b></p>

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