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ISBN: 0061118192

ISBN13: 9780061118197

America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation

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By Kenneth C. Davis

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Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation's destiny and character. Davis's dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light little-known but fascinating facts from a time when the nation's fate hung in the balance.

Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington's inauguration in 1789, America's Hidden History is an iconoclastic look at America's past, connecting some of the dots between history and today's headlines, and proving why Davis is truly America's teacher.

Find out:

Which Pilgrims arrived in Florida fifty years before the Mayflower sailed.What Supreme Court Justice went to prison.What traitor is honored with a statue for his bravery. Which fighting woman in colonial New England scalped her Indian captors.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0061118192

ISBN13:9780061118197

Release Date:March 2009

Publisher:Harper Paperbacks

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.53 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"

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Rated 5 stars
America Hidden history.

By Ms Kiki, 8 days ago Verified Purchase

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America Hidden History

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 2, 2008

America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation This is a very interesting book and sure opens up a lot of what really went on in our early history. Not all was as well as we were told in school, or what the history books we had told us.

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History's Hidden Secrets are not hidden anymore

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 27, 2008

If you enjoy watching out-takes, and behind the scenes incidences of movies and television programs, this is definitely the book for you. Interestingly, the book portrays how many of our history making moments occurred if only by chance, and not without the many challenges that at times could have resulted in an unfavorable outcome. America's Hidden History as the name implies packed with little known facts that elucidate...

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So Much More Interesting Than What You Think You Know

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 19, 2008

Kenneth Davis knows that history is complicated. American history textbooks and oral history give us perfect role models in our historical figures and an unfolding story in which we were always on the side of right and any bad things that happened were the other people's fault. In reality, it's never that simple. And we don't even usually know even the basic facts. For instance, most people know that Columbus discovered...

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Hidden no more

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 6, 2008

Did you know that before he took up arms against the British and became our first President, George Washington, a young English officer ordered his Virginia militiamen to sneak attack a group of French diplomats during a time when both countries were at peace thus committing a war crime? The cowardly incident resulted in the start of the French and Indian War, but didn't quite make it into my high school history book. To...

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