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Answers to Questions 5,000 Curious Facts
Frederic J. Haskin
Grosset, 1926, 508 pages, lst, great index
Hardback in good+ condition, NO dust jacket
Text is clean, 2 pages have light note at top otherwise unmarked, binding is tight, some yellowing of pages due to age. Blue cloth cover in good+ condition see photo
Here is a book for the home schooler or the person who wants to know the answers for trivia games. Here is a sample of kind of information in book.
What was Mr. Chips School? Brookfield. What people invented the fish net? The Phoenicians. What was John Browns epitaph: “John Brown of Kansas; he dared begin; he lost, but losing won.” How did Robert E Lee's father die? Murdered in election riot Baltimore. When was the first US postal stamp issued? July l, 1847. Though the ends in 1926 there are many many facts that show up in today's trivia games and lessons in history. Lots of fun!
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