The Good, the Bad & the Mad: Weird People in American History

The Good, the Bad & the Mad: Weird People in American History

Editorial Reviews
anonymous
The Good, the Bad and the Mad: Weird People in American History, dares go where few other books have gone before--behind the headlines and datelines to probe some of the strangest people in American history.

Here we come face-to-face with some of the most famous movers and shakers in American history--"Stonewall" Jackson, George Armstrong Custer, Nat Turner, Huey Long, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Isadore Duncan, and many others, including the Goat Man of Dixie, Nikola Tesla, P.T. Barnum, Edgar Cayce, Marcus Garvey, Tecumseh and Lizzie Borden. Instead of rehashing the time-worn facts, Mr. Floyd, a historian, journalist, screenwriter and author of seven previous books, focuses on the "dark side" of these notoriously naughty individuals.

This "wickedly delightful" little collection of mini-biographies shows there is "more to history than meets the eye," and is bound to please readers of all ages, from mid-schools through adult years. Highly recommended.

Book Description
The history books don't tell everything about these fascinating, notoriously naughty individuals. They were saints and sinners, visionaries and villains, angels and assassins. Some rose to fame and fortune and led the country to greatness. Others lurked in the shadows, quietly orchestrating chaos and madness. All of them made history in profound, sometimes shocking ways.

Marie Laveau - Nat Turner - "Stonewall" Jackson - Huey Long - George Armstrong Custer - Jane Addams - Jay Gould - Marcus Garvey - James McGready - Madam Blavatsky - Isadore Duncan - "Wrong Way" Corrigan - Howard Phillips Lovecraft - Ambrose Bierce - Col. William Simmons - Wovoko - Hetty Green - Lizzie Borden - P.T. Barnum - Cotton Mather - Edgar Cayce - Ignatius Loyola Donnelly - and MORE!

The Good, the Bad & the Mad: Weird People in American History

The Good, the Bad & the Mad: Weird People in American History,E. Randall Floyd,Harbor House (GA),1891799150,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,Historical - U.S.,History,History: American,History: World,Reference,United States,United States History (General)

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