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Alexandra Petri's US History

by Alexandra Petri
Alexandra Petri
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A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri's US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri's "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation's complicated past. On Petri's deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Nikola Tesla's friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy. And Mark Twain-who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated-offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie. This side-splitting work of historical humor shows why Alexandra Petri has been hailed as a "genius," a "national treasure," and "one of the funniest writers alive."
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Publisher: HighBridge Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781696611244
  • File size: 200011 KB
  • Release date: September 28, 2023
  • Duration: 06:56:41

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  • ISBN: 9781696611244
  • File size: 200041 KB
  • Release date: September 28, 2023
  • Duration: 06:58:40
  • Number of parts: 6
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History Politics Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)

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A witty, absurdist satire of the last 500 years, Alexandra Petri's US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed! Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G. Harding.) Petri's "historical fan fiction" draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laugh-out-loud, irreverent takedown of our nation's complicated past. On Petri's deranged timeline, John and Abigail Adams try sexting, the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall, and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp. Nearly eighty short, hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture. Nikola Tesla's friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon. The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy. And Mark Twain-who famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated-offers a detailed account of his undeath, in which he becomes a zombie. This side-splitting work of historical humor shows why Alexandra Petri has been hailed as a "genius," a "national treasure," and "one of the funniest writers alive."
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History Politics Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)