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History is Not Boring!
Check out some of these fascinating stories that you probably never learned in history class:
All the presidents' children: triumph and tragedy in the lives of America's first families by Doug Wead
American heroes: profiles of men and women who shaped early America by Edmund S. Morgan
American history revised: 200 startling facts that never made it into the textbooks by Seymour Morris
America's hidden history : untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women and forgotten founders who shaped a nation by Kenneth C. Davis
Don't know much about history: everything you need to know about history but never learned by Kenneth C. Davis
Founding myths: stories that hide our patriotic past by Ray Raphael
Great feuds in history: ten of the liveliest disputes ever by Colin Evans
How the states got their shapes by Mark Stein
"I love Paul Revere, whether he rode or not", Warren Harding by Richard Shenkman
Invisible giants: fifty Americans who shaped the nation but missed the history books by edited by Mark Carnes
It happened in Michigan: remarkable events that shaped history by Colleen Burcar
Jumbo's hide, Elvis's ride, and the tooth of Buddha: more marvelous tales of historical artifacts by Harvey Rachlin
Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong by James W. Loewen
Lucy's bones, sacred stones, & Einstein's brain: the remarkable stories behind the great objects and artifacts of history, from antiquity to the modern era by Harvey Rachlin
The Mayflower murderer and other forgotten firsts in American history by Peter F. Stevens
A nation rising: untold tales of flawed founders, fallen heroes, and forgotten fighters from America's hidden history by Kenneth C. Davis
Oops: 20 life lessons from the fiascoes that shaped America by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger
Profiles in folly: history's worst decisions and why they went wrong by Alan Axelrod
Roanoke: solving the mystery of the lost colony by Lee Miller
