ePub The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II by Donovan Webster in History

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What most of us don't know about our presidents could fill a book—and this just happens to be that book! From the archives of The History Channel® comes a treasure trove of quirky presidential history that will truly astonish; bewilder; and stupefy. Like Abraham Lincoln's duel or Jimmy Carter's UFO sighting . . . and let's not forget about the president who went skinny-dipping in the Potomac every day!That's the kind of presidential history you'll find in The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: One hundred little-known stories to make you shake your head in wonder. If you want to find out how "Hail to the Chief" came to be the president's song; why the Oval Office isn't square; which president saved the game of football; and why Washington; D.C.; could have been named Hertburn; this is the book for you.Did You Know About:The custody battle that made George Washington an American?The counterfeiters who tried to steal Lincoln's body?The woman who brought down Andrew Jackson's cabinet?The man who was president for a day?You know what makes the presidents famous; but it's the stuff you don't know that makes them interesting. A feast of fascinating presidential tidbits awaits.