The Pessimist’s Guide to History: An Irresistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres and Mayhem
Stuart Berg Flexner
387 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0380762366
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1992
ComedyHistoricalHistoryHumorNonfictionReferenceTragedyTriviaWorld History
A text for cynics, skeptics, and misanthropes chronicles the disastrous events–from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, to the death of Socrates, to the Exxon Valdez oil spill–that have shaped the history of the world.