Oh, Say Did You Know?: The Secret History of America's Famous Figures, Fads, Innovations & Emblems, from Ben Franklin's Turkey to Obama's Bla

by Marth Hailey and Fred DuBose

Book Overview

With wit and charm, Oh Say Did You Know serves up 300 intriguing events and ideas that helped shape the United States. Gain valuable insight into the intricacies of every period of American history,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606520350
• ISBN13: 9781606520352
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Delivers what it promises

Even when reading about a familiar part American history in this book, I nearly always found a new nugget of information. Some things were completely new to me, like the horse flu outbreak that crippled that US economy in 1872. Also the story of the awful Cherry Sisters vaudeville act, which is hilarious.