Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD
Finding the right Stories From History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, By Wayne Winterton PhD book as the ideal requirement is sort of good lucks to have. To start your day or to end your day during the night, this Stories From History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, By Wayne Winterton PhD will certainly appertain sufficient. You can simply look for the floor tile below and also you will get guide Stories From History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, By Wayne Winterton PhD referred. It will not bother you to reduce your useful time to go with shopping publication in store. By doing this, you will also invest cash to spend for transport as well as various other time spent.
Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD
Read Online and Download Ebook Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD
Stories from History's Dust Bin is a 3-volume set of historical vignettes, each volume containing over 120 short stories, each of which can be read in fifteen minutes or less. The books make perfect companions for travel, relaxing near the pool, great substitutes for in-flight magazines, and ideal for those times when you're stuck in the doctor's waiting room. The books feature the unusual, such as the story of Mary Toft who, in 1726, had a lot of folks, including members of King George's court, convinced she had given birth to nine rabbits; and the story of Franz Haydn, the Father of Music, whose head was stolen after his death in 1809, and remained so for 145 years before being reunited with its body, and the story about Larry Walters, who in 1982, "slipped the surly bonds of earth," in a Sears & Roebuck lawn chair, to which were affixed 45 army surplus helium balloons. After leveling off, two pilots (TWA & Delta) radioed the Long Beach, California, tower that a guy in a lawn chair had just smiled and waved to them at 16,000 feet. Those are but three of the 366 stories contained in the set.
Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD- Amazon Sales Rank: #2300619 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-04
- Released on: 2015-11-04
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .95" w x 6.00" l, 1.22 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 378 pages
Review "This vast collection of stories about well-known and long-forgotten personalities is as informative as it is interesting. It is a must-read, a wealth of unique information about people and events that is intellectually challenging, highly entertaining, and sprinkled appropriately with personal humor." --Dr. Armand A. Lakner, Apollo 11 Mission, Systems Reliability Manager, NASA (Retired), and author of "From Mauthausen to the Moon.""What Wayne Winterton has given us is both an educator's research of history coupled with a good guy's chuckling look at unforgettable people, all encapsulated in very readable short stories." --Slim Randles, syndicated columnist, author of "Sun Dog Days" and "Raven's Prey," and recipient of the 2012 Rounders Award."
About the Author 0
Where to Download Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This is a fun read! Nuggets of history and real human personalities. By karen watkins This book is a fun travel through time with many stories of real people dancing across the reader's mind. We enjoyed the many stories that are so different but fascinating. It is easy to pick up for a few minutes and find an interesting story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. a feast of feats and fun facts By Aurelia McNeil, Freelance Editor Stories from History's Dust Bin is like pizza to a typical child. Three volumes of amusing anecdotes and discoveries are a delightful treat. Like toppings, the reader can pick whichever stories are of interest or choose them all. Thin-crusted scoop such as Elizabeth Taylor's double eyelashes, the friendship of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, the real "Alice" and inspiration of Alice in Wonderland, and the two Harrison Fords of show business is delivered along with the thick-crusted details of Daniel Hale Williams who performed the first successful open heart surgery, Joseph Neipce who invented the world's first internal combustible engine, and Lillian Asplund, the last American survivor of the Titanic.Readers can chew bite-sized snacks of information such as Paul Erdös who could calculate anyone's age in seconds, Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley who photographed and catalogued over 5,000 snowflakes, Mary Fields who was the first African-American woman to work for the U.S. Postal Service, and many more. Arranged in date order, the stories are one to three pages and end with a quote.I highly recommend that everyone read and relish Stories from History's Dust Bin as it is a feast of feats and fun facts.Summarizing quote: "Some of what you will find will be uplifting, some humorous, some sad and yet others, thought provoking, but all of it interesting." -- Wayne Winterton, Ph.D.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I fun way to start the day By Chip IN our house at the breakfast table every morning we now read the story of the day from Winterton's book for that date. We then go on-line and look at photos, websites, video clips, and artwork about these folks which usually leads to a discussion about people, places, and times gone by. I fun way to start the day! I highly recommend the entire series so you can add something special to your daily routine.
See all 8 customer reviews... Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhDStories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD PDF
Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD iBooks
Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD ePub
Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD rtf
Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD AZW
Stories from History's Dust Bin: Volume 1, by Wayne Winterton PhD Kindle
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar