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Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History, Michael Farquhar
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Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History

Author: Michael Farquhar

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/23/2008

Genre: History

Synopsis

Best-selling journalist Michael Farquhar, popular author of A Treasury of Great American Scandals, ransacked the archives to rescue 30 almost-famous Americans from the dust bin of obscurity. These colorful figures range from Mayflower Murderer John Billington (1624) to Dick Fosbury, father of the “Flop” (1968).

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