The Lowbrow Guide to World History

by Michael Powell | Humor | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0760762775 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingMelydiawing of Rockville, Maryland USA on 5/23/2022
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Journal Entry 1 by wingMelydiawing from Rockville, Maryland USA on Monday, May 23, 2022
Picked this up at a thrift store in Suffolk, VA. Looks amusing.

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Journal Entry 2 by wingMelydiawing at Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, June 22, 2023
I picked this up figuring it would be one of two things: 1. hilarious facts (think Cracked) or 2. obviously false claims (think Dave Barry). Even a mix of the two could be fun. But the stuff I read was either "probably true but not all that amusing," or "probably not true but not outrageous enough to be amusing." For example, the claim that Napoleon was 5'2". He was actually 5'6" - if you want to make short jokes about Napoleon, you should claim he was, say, 3'7". Then slowly lean into it until by the end of the essay you are strongly implying he wasn't even visible to the naked eye. This is just one specific example, of course. The whole book wasn't funny enough to be either believable or merrily unbelievable.

Hopefully the next reader enjoys it.

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