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  • The Flip Side of History

  • Strange News, Hard-to-Believe Headlines, and Other Curious Stories from History
  • By: Steve Silverman
  • Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
  • Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (45 ratings)

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The Flip Side of History

By: Steve Silverman
Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly
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Summary

In this collection of true, quirky history, Steve Silverman provides fascinating tales to astonish and entertain. Covering a wide variety of topics, these stories that have been lost to history highlight the quirks, complexities, and curious nature of our species.

Hidden History, Strange Stories, and Hard-to-Believe Headlines

What if there was a flip side to the History Channel? What would you do with all the historical facts and tales left out of history textbooks? From the host of the popular Useless Information podcast, Steve Silverman, comes a collection of fun history facts, strange news, and lost stories.

True stories and random trivia that will entertain or liven up any conversation. In The Flip Side of History, hear about common folk and not-so-common knowledge. In this collection of 30-plus historical events, Steve Silverman provides fascinating stories and easy-to-understand facts. Covering a wide variety of topics, these stories highlight the quirks, complexities, and curiousness of man.

Stranger than Stranger Things. The Flip Side of History gives you tales full of strange news, trivia, and facts. Some made newspaper headlines, others were lost in history:

  • A prominent lawyer leaves his entire estate to a town for the establishment of a library that forbids women - setting off riots, arrests, and the near hanging of a judge.
  • The amazing story of the only person rescued from slavery by the Underground Railroad four times.
  • That time a man in the 1950s stole hundreds of women's shoes in Coronado and San Diego, California. The shoes, most of them the left shoe, were found dispersed randomly all over town.

If you're a fan of books like The Book of Unusual Knowledge, Answers to Questions You've Never Asked, Bad Days in History, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, and The Greatest Stories Never Told, then The Flip Side of History is your next listen!

©2020 Steve Silverman (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History
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lots of little shorts of interesting

I used to love to read this sort of book, lots of.short true stories. I really enjoyed it

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European History

It is European history rather than world history. if you are inclined towards European history than you should listen to it.

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Brilliant Listen!

Great narration and well written - and perfect sized snippets to listen to on the way into work, or over lunch. A great podcast style book that is interesting and an easy listen at the same time.

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