The Pig War and the pelican girls : 21 extraordinary and forgotten stories from American history / Joe Cuhaj.
| Author/creator | Cuhaj, Joe author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2025] |
| Description | xii, 228 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | 21 extraordinary and forgotten stories from American history |
| Contents | The Pig War -- Footnote to History: The Quasi-War -- The Tale of the Pelican Girls -- Footnote to History: America's Oldest City Is... -- They Didn't Get the Memo -- Footnote to History: The Great Chain -- Princess Charlotte and the Great Russian Royalty Hoax -- Footnote to History: Dollar Princesses -- America's First Black Woman Political Writer & Abolitionist, Maria W. Stewart -- Footnote to History: The First Abolitionist, Benjamin Lay -- Laura Secord: War of 1812 Canadian Heroine -- Footnote to History: The United States of New England -- The Two Girl Army -- Footnote to History: Before Uncle Sam There Was Brother Johnson -- The Free States of... -- Footnote to History: The Great Stone Fleet -- Canada and the American Civil War -- Footnote to History: Soldier Girl -- The Great Civil War Bread Riots -- Footnote to History: The Draft Riots of -- There's a Mole Amongst Us -- Footnote to History: A Hairy Situation -- Slaves Can Be Free...Just Not Here -- Footnote To History: Nance Legins-Costley -- The First Freed Slave -- The Last Slave Ship -- The Clotilda -- Footnote to History: Freedom Towns -- Catfishing Before it Was a Thing -- the Story of Flossie Lee -- Footnote to History: Aerial Newsboys -- When the "Noble Experiment" Turned Deadly -- Footnote to History: The Truth About Speakeasies -- The "First" Female U.S. President -- Footnote to History: There Had to Be a First -- Melton Barker, The Kidnapper's Foil, and Itinerant Films -- Footnote to History: The First Kiss Controversy -- The Battle of Los Angeles -- Footnote to History: A Futile Bombardment -- How the "Capricious and Cantankerous" Limping Lady Helped Win World War II -- Footnote to History: Leave it to "Q" Division -- A Femme Fatale, A Poison Pen, and a Killer Milkshake -- Footnote to History: A Letter to the President -- Come Fly With Me...To The Moon -- Footnote to History: Avoiding a Conspiracy Theory-Nuke the Moon. |
| Abstract | "Whether you're an armchair historian or a lover of all things unusual and astonishing, this collection of obscure history shows that life surely is stranger than fiction"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Cuhaj, Joe, 1958- Pig War and the Pelican Girls Essex, Connecticut : Prometheus, 2025 9781493088287 |
| LCCN | 2024040393 |
| ISBN | 9781493088270 |
| ISBN | 1493088270 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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