A Tabloid History of the World

by Kevin McDonough

What if trashy tabloids had scooped all the major events shaping world history since time began? The answer might well be A Tabloid History of the World. Laid out like a real tabloid, replete with compromising photos and gossipy headlines, the fictional World Past is the rag for readers who want to know all about history's juciest scandals. 50 photos.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786882239
• ISBN13: 9780786882236
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Halarious fun

A funny fact filled book. A must buy for any history teacher or any one into history.

Hilarious for history lovers

OK, the gags and headlines from this book are super-cheesy. But that's the point! If you are a history buff with any sense of humor, you will completely love this book. Along with the groovy headlines, the author cleverly uses stills from classic and not-so classic flicks (Cleopatra, Salome etc.) to illustrate your favorite historical figures. Abraham, Rasputin, Joan of Arc are some celebs described in wonderful mini-articles. These articles' trashiness, yet relatively good knowledge of historical detail, set me into wild fits of giggling. I must agree that the last couple of current history panels are duds, but the rest of the book still warrants a high rating. Great coffee table book if you've got a lot of intellectual friends.

It's better than that "Onion" book (I forget the name).

By the time I got to the Punic wars, I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard.