A People's History of the Peculiar: A Freak Show of Facts, Random Obsessions and Astounding Truths by Nicholas Belardes, Caroline Leavitt, Brad Listi, Varla Ventura

A People's History of the Peculiar: A Freak Show of Facts, Random Obsessions and Astounding Truths

Nicholas Belardes, Caroline Leavitt, Brad Listi, Varla Ventura

288 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative slow-paced

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Did you know that Thomas Jefferson's grandson was an ax murderer? Do you delight knowing that some dinosaurs were as teeny tiny as hens? Wonder what it's like to live in Hell Town at the End of the World? How about an ailment so surreal it's named...

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