Trev's Rating: 2/5 Stars
Leland Gregory's Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness and Mythconceptions makes a decent coffee table or bathroom book, but it is not serious history. Not that anyone should think it is either.
The sheer amount of small anecdotes is impressive, but superficial of course. The majority of the trivia is about American presidents, not American history in general.
It is sometimes witty, but usually rather dull. The humor often misses the mark.
It was free, so that is always a positive in my book, but overall I think I will have to give it 2/5 stars.
Best,
Trev
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