“History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”
— San Francisco Chronicle

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“History in Davis’s hands is loud, coarse, painful, funny, irreverent—and memorable.”
— San Francisco Chronicle

Following on his New York Times bestsellers America’s Hidden History and Don’t Know Much About History, Ken Davis explores the next chapter in the country’s hidden history: the gritty first half of the 19th century, among the most tumultuous in the nation’s short life.



  • Author: Davis, Kenneth C.
  • Publisher: Smithsonian
  • Pages: 320
  • Publication Date: 2010-05-11
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • MSRP: 27.99
  • ISBN13: 9780061118203
  • ISBN: 0061118206
  • Language: en
  • Store Location: History
  • "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."
  • Author: Davis, Kenneth C.
  • Publisher: Smithsonian
  • Pages: 320
  • Publication Date: 2010-05-11
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • MSRP: 27.99
  • ISBN13: 9780061118203
  • ISBN: 0061118206
  • Language: en
  • Store Location: History
  • "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."

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