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The bestseller that riotously recreates a "sort of" history of the United States, from the "funniest man in America." -- The New York Times What the Blitz did for London, satirist Dave Barry now gleefully does for the story of our country. Beginning with his riveting off-the-wall account of our nation's early years -- "England Starts Some Fun Colonies" -- to his uproarious version of today's headlines -- "The Reagan-Bush Years: Napping Toward Glory" -- Barry gives us history without the dull parts, factless but very, very funny. From the buffalo who roamed (where were they going, anyway?) onward, here is an instant, streamlined compendium of events as they never actually happened. With tongue firmly planted in both cheeks, Dave Barry has tackled the problem of our nationwide historical illiteracy with a devilishly clever narrative that will irrevocably close the American mind!
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