Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year
Farquhar, Michael2015
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Total copies: 1
"Farquhar's ... entries draw from the full sweep of history to take readers through a complete year of misery, including tales of lost fortunes (like the would-be Apple investor who pulled out in 1977 and missed out on a $30 billion-dollar windfall), romance gone wrong (like the 16th-century Shah who experimented with an early form of Viagra with empire-changing results), and truly bizarre moments (like the Great Molasses Flood of 1919)"--
Main title:
Bad days in history : a gleefully grim chronicle of misfortune, mayhem, and misery for every day of the year / Michael Farquhar ; illustrations by Giulia Ghigini.
Author:
Farquhar, Michael, authorGhigini, Giulia, 1983-, illustrator
Imprint:
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2015]©2015.
Collation:
479 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781426212680 (hbk)1426212682 (hbk)
Dewey class:
909
LC class:
D10
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
431483