The People's Almanac Presents the Twentieth Century


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This colossal compendium presents highlights of history of the 20th century - the biggest and most interesting events, people, crimes, disasters, inventions, discoveries, songs, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Unlike any other history or reference book, it really does make the facts come alive, giving readers an exciting panaorama of the last 100 years and it shows, like no other book, just what a truly extraordinary century it's been. Includes over 200 illustrations.




The People's Almanac Presents the 20th Century


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Unlike any other history or reference book, The People's Almanac Present's the 20th Century captures the century's most intriguing people, events and discoveries -- and makes them come alive, giving you a wonderfully engaging panorama of the past one hundred years. With more than seven hundred lively entries, covering everything from war and assassinations to popular songs and movie trivia, the is the book praised by the Washington Post Book World as, "the latest grab-bag filled by a notorious fact monger". Believe-it-or-not stories, unusual facts, dubious achievements and amazing people abound, making this book the most offbeat -- and most definitive -- look at our century ever published.










The Twentieth Century


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On dust jacket: completely updated and revised. Covers personalities, issues, and international, scientific, cultural, and economic events which have influenced life in the 20th century.




Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century


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A day to day chronology of events--both important and anecdotal--that concern American women in the 20th century.




The 20th Century Almanac


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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The 20th Century Almanac: A Complete Calendar From 1900 To 2000, With A Condensed Record Of Events In Years Past, And A Review Of Centennial Anniversaries In The Years To Come 3 Allen, Lane & Scott, 1919 Reference; Almanacs; Calendar; Reference / Almanacs




The Twentieth Century


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