Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States
A very funny book by a very funny writer.
A very funny book by a very funny writer.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780449904626 (0449904628)
Publish date: April 24th 1990
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
History,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Politics,
American History
Dear Dave, What happened here then? Last time we met - in Hobbs, NM, if I remember right - you made me laugh so hard, I could hardly breathe. So what's with the half-hearted attempt at an alternative history? I get that there are episodes that are left out of the US history books, but why did...
I suppose, theoretically, that I would have aced AP American History even if I had not nigh-memorized this book at an impressionable age, but I would not have derived nearly as much enjoyment fromTHE HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFFwithout it.
*5+++ Stars**The Gush* Let me say first off that I don't read Dave Barry. I think I've read a total of 15 pages from his Cyberspace book and this. I don't actually get into his humor that much. This, however, is brilliant. When I first read this, I was like, "where has this been all my life!?" As a ...
I once read an excerpt of this book to the 11th-grade class I was student teaching. Nobody laughed; I think they thought this was actual history. If anything, this book helped me realize teaching wasn't for me.
32 years ago
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