A latest edition to a popular series is a treasury of general knowledge on everything from famous personalities to historical myths, in a volume that is presented in the author's irreverent question-and-answer style. Original. 75,000 first printing.
Provides answers to questions on subjects ranging from famous people and historical events to holidays and traditions, sports, and food.
In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology, the Bible, the universe, geography, and the Civil War.
Now, the sky's the limit in his latest irresistible installmenta grand tour of knowledge that carries us from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Berlin Wall, from the Salem Witch Trials to Watergate, from Michelangelo to Houdini. Brimming with busted myths, gripping true stories, and peculiar particulars about a plethora of people, places, and events, this captivating compendium is guaranteed to delight information lovers everywhere as it feeds our insatiable appetite to know everything!