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Tables of Contents for That's Not in My American History Book
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
A Word about ``Politically Correct'' History
xiv
Part One Nolichunky Jack and Patriotic Horseflies
Stories Lost between the Pages
First in Flight: The Men Who Flew before the Wright Brothers
3
8
Nolichunky Jack and the Fourteenth State
11
4
The Great Communist Invasion of Texas
15
6
National Horsefly Day
21
3
Do the British Own California?
24
3
A Civil War Story: The Origin of ``Taps''
27
3
The Insult That Nearly Sparked the Revolution
30
3
Away Down South in... Ohio?: Strange Origins of America's Music
33
4
The Original Cleveland Indian
37
3
America's Shortest War
40
3
Saga of the American Turtle
43
4
Old Civilizations of the ``New World''
47
3
Ancient America's New York City
50
5
The Mysterious Death of Pocahontas
55
8
Part Two The Midnight Ride of Sibyl Ludington
America's Forgotten Heroes
Leaving Paul Revere in the Dust
63
4
Heroines of the Battlefield
67
6
The Unsung Pathfinder
73
4
America's Michelangelo
77
4
Monitor vs. Virginia: The Story behind the Ironclads
81
6
Bet Freeman's Walk to Freedom
87
3
Pied Piper of the West
90
4
Slaying the Dragon: The Outcast Who Cured Polio
94
5
Part Three Scandals and Scoundrels
The Underside of History
vii
General Misconduct: America's Most Infamous Officer
99
4
My Dishonorable Opponent
103
10
Beyond the Call of Duty: Military Sex Scandals
113
4
Bolsheviks and Anarchists: Terrorism in the Early Twentieth Century
117
5
For Lease: The White House
122
3
The Rebel Who Refused to Surrender
125
4
The Difficult Mrs. Lincoln
129
4
Did John Wilkes Booth Escape?
133
6
Raising a Glass to General Custer
139
4
The Teen ``Angels'' of Salem
143
6
Part Four From Mutton Head to Slick Wille
Little-Known Facts about Famous People
Gipper, Granny, and Tricky Dicky: Presidential Nicknames
149
6
Benedict Arnold, American Hero
155
6
Andrew Jackson Dodges a Bullet
161
3
The Fantastic Mr. Franklin
164
4
Executive Athletics: Sports and the Presidency
168
9
The Remarkable Luck of FDR
177
4
General Putnam under the Knife
181
3
``Ole Shut the Gates of Mercy''
184
3
The Corset Maker Who Shook the World
187
8
Part Five The Vikings, Belle Starr, and Lucky Lindy
Myths That Became History
Wild West Cowboys and Outlaw Queens
195
9
The 82nd Man to Fly across the Atlantic
204
4
The Truth behind the Boston Tea Party
208
3
The First Flag Maker?
211
3
The Much-Maligned Lynch
214
3
Nathan Hale's Famous Last Words
217
2
The Discovery of America, and Other Columbus Myths
219
7
The Vikings: Daring Seamen, Poor Navigators
226
4
Washington: The Man and the Myth
230
5
Bibliography
235
2
Index
237