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An Underground Education by Richard Zacks ➤ Doubleday 1997 First Edition
An Underground Education by Richard Zacks Doubleday 1997 First Edition
Title: An Underground Education
Author: Richard Zacks
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday 1997
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780385479943
Size: 7 x 9 x 1 * 418 pages including index
Synopsis: Astonishing facts! Bizarre photographs! Fascinating & sometimes deeply weird true stories! Just a small taste of the intellectual smorgasbord contained in this volume. Did you know: that in the original story of Goldilocks the bears torture and kill their impolite visitor? that Pope Leo XIII appeared in an advertisement for cocaine-laced wine in the 1880s? that people didn't eat with forks until the 1700s? that Sir Isaac Newton's famous humble-pie quote "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" was actually written to a dwarf scientist named Robert Hooke and clearly meant as an insult? that Thomas Edison secretly helped develop the electric chair in a scheme to have the lethal machine named after his arch-rival, George Westinghouse? that the first pediatric guide written in the United States recommended that expectant mothers breastfeed puppies? that for two centuries French scientists obsessively experimented on freshly decapitated heads in an effort to discover whether the bodiless brain still functioned? that Cleopatra was ugly as sin?
Overall Condition: Very good in cover with slight wear; binding is tight with text that is clean and unmarked; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
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Title: An Underground Education
Author: Richard Zacks
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday 1997
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780385479943
Size: 7 x 9 x 1 * 418 pages including index
Synopsis: Astonishing facts! Bizarre photographs! Fascinating & sometimes deeply weird true stories! Just a small taste of the intellectual smorgasbord contained in this volume. Did you know: that in the original story of Goldilocks the bears torture and kill their impolite visitor? that Pope Leo XIII appeared in an advertisement for cocaine-laced wine in the 1880s? that people didn't eat with forks until the 1700s? that Sir Isaac Newton's famous humble-pie quote "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" was actually written to a dwarf scientist named Robert Hooke and clearly meant as an insult? that Thomas Edison secretly helped develop the electric chair in a scheme to have the lethal machine named after his arch-rival, George Westinghouse? that the first pediatric guide written in the United States recommended that expectant mothers breastfeed puppies? that for two centuries French scientists obsessively experimented on freshly decapitated heads in an effort to discover whether the bodiless brain still functioned? that Cleopatra was ugly as sin?
Overall Condition: Very good in cover with slight wear; binding is tight with text that is clean and unmarked; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.22 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
==========================================================================================================================
Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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