The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres and Mayhem from the Big Bang to the New Millenniu by Stuart Berg Flexner, Doris Flexner

The Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irresistible Compendium of Catastrophes, Barbarities, Massacres and Mayhem from the Big Bang to the New Millenniu

Stuart Berg Flexner, Doris Flexner

448 pages • first pub 1992 (view editions)

nonfiction history reference funny informative medium-paced
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The classic look at the past with a very jaundiced eye-now updated with even more disheartening facts The original irreverent jaunt through the catastrophes, cataclysms and outrages that shaped our world has sold more than 73,000 copies. This upd...

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