The Good, the Bad, and the Mad: Some Weird People in American
by E Randall Floyd
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/as new
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About This Item
The quiet spinster who erupted one day in a blinding flash of violence, the brilliant scientist that was terrified of women wearing pearl earrings, the inexperienced pilot who took off from New York bound for Los Angeles and landed 27 hours laterin Dublin! These are just a few of the many saints, sinners, hucksters, and oddballs you'll meet in The Good, The Bad & The Mad.
In this compellingly off-beat peek into America's past, E. Randall Floyd examines a fascinating array of men and women who achieved fame, fortune, or notoriety because (or in spite of) their glaring peculiarities. Did you know that: Stonewall Jackson was as renowned for his odd personal habits as for his daring flank attacks? Conan the Barbarian author Robert Howard lived all his life with his mother and committed suicide immediately after she died? All of General Custer's Indian scouts survived the Battle of Little Bighorn because he'd fired them just hours before?
Discover why financier Jay Gould was known as "the most hated man in America," who called social activist Jane Addams "the most dangerous woman in America," and how shy photographer's assistant Edgar Cayce achieved the title of "America's most mysterious man." They're all right here in The Good, The Bad & The Mad.
In this compellingly off-beat peek into America's past, E. Randall Floyd examines a fascinating array of men and women who achieved fame, fortune, or notoriety because (or in spite of) their glaring peculiarities. Did you know that: Stonewall Jackson was as renowned for his odd personal habits as for his daring flank attacks? Conan the Barbarian author Robert Howard lived all his life with his mother and committed suicide immediately after she died? All of General Custer's Indian scouts survived the Battle of Little Bighorn because he'd fired them just hours before?
Discover why financier Jay Gould was known as "the most hated man in America," who called social activist Jane Addams "the most dangerous woman in America," and how shy photographer's assistant Edgar Cayce achieved the title of "America's most mysterious man." They're all right here in The Good, The Bad & The Mad.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The FW Collections (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H155
- Title
- The Good, the Bad, and the Mad
- Author
- E Randall Floyd
- Format/Binding
- Tan and brown with comic illustration
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fall River Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999,2005
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
- Size
- 6x8.75
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