The U.S.A. Book of Lists: The Ultimate Compendium of All Things American,9781564144843

The U.S.A. Book of Lists: The Ultimate Compendium of All Things American

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ISBN13: 9781564144843
ISBN10: 1564144844
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-12-01
Publisher(s): Career Pr Inc
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Summary

Lists, ranging from foods invented in America to facts about the Salem witch trials, that provide details and information in a format that readers will eagerly embrace.

Table of Contents

Introduction The U.S.A. Book of Lists 9(1)
The 10 Articles of the Bill of Rights
10(3)
The Order the 50 States Joined the Union
13(2)
The 10 Greatest American Speeches
15(17)
41 Significant Differences Between 1900 and 2000 in America
32(2)
7 Strange American Car Names
34(2)
23 Native American Contributions to U.S. Culture
36(1)
28 Retired Hurricane Names
37(2)
40 UFO Sightings Made by U.S. Military Personnel
39(6)
64 Sights to See in Washington D.C.
45(2)
197 Nicknames of 39 American Presidents
47(4)
5 Really Big American Deserts
51(1)
The Alma Maters of 19 U.S. Presidents
52(2)
2 Formerly ``Gay'' U.S. Locales
54(1)
10 American Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
55(2)
The 9 Most Devastating American Earthquakes
57(2)
14 Important Supreme Court Decisions Concerning Religion
59(3)
34 Civil War Firsts
62(3)
31 Peculiar American Tourist Attractions
65(3)
65 Ridiculous American Sex Laws
68(3)
132 Notable American Writers
71(3)
The Vietnam War by the Numbers
74(4)
The 4 Most Performed Plastic Surgeries in the United States
78(1)
The 9 Worst Aircraft Disasters in the United States
79(2)
2 Different Rankings of America's Presidents
81(3)
99 Books Written by U.S. Presidents
84(5)
18 Historic Assassinations and Assassination Attempts
89(2)
The Presidential Chain of Succession
91(1)
The 46 Wives of U.S. Presidents
92(2)
The 132 Children of Presidents
94(11)
18 Cases of Miraculous Religious Phenomena
105(3)
42 Interesting Things You May Not Have Known About America's Presidents
108(4)
13 Myths About the Vietnam War
112(6)
9 Bearded or Mustachioed U.S. Presidents
118(1)
The 11 Busiest U.S. Airports
119(1)
The 11 Things Americans Spend Most of Their Money On
120(3)
51 State Mottoes
123(2)
63 State Nicknames
125(2)
The 13 Intolerable Acts the British Parliament Passed that Drove the American Colonists to Revolt
127(2)
16 Connecticut Blue Laws
129(1)
The First Person Born in America
130(1)
The Ethnic Origins of 248 Million Americans
131(1)
The 30 States With a Coastline
132(1)
The 50 Greatest American TV Characters According to TV Guide
133(2)
The 56 Major Religious Denominations in America
135(2)
51 State Birds
137(1)
The Occupations of the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
138(2)
Special Guest Contributor: Paul Revere's Own Account of His Midnight Ride
140(3)
The 75 Most Expensive 4-Year Colleges and Universities in America
143(3)
The Capital Cities of the 50 United States
146(1)
45 Major Conflicts of the Civil War
147(3)
Heinz's 57 Varieties
150(2)
30 Outrageous Things Presidents Have Said About Each Other
152(2)
The 167 Patents of Thomas Edison
154(6)
12 Strange Patented American Inventions
160(2)
The Religious Affiliations of U.S. Presidents
162(2)
The Last Words of 20 U.S. Presidents
164(2)
The Causes of Death of 36 U.S. Presidents
166(7)
51 State Flowers
173(1)
36 Presidential Burial Places
174(1)
14 Vice Presidents Who Became President
175(2)
Presidential Libraries, Museums, and National Archives
177(7)
The 20 Most Prescribed Drugs in the United States
184(1)
153 State Web Sites and Phone Numbers
185(3)
Internet Research Web Sites
188(4)
192 Really Smart Things Said by U.S. Presidents
192(11)
18 Code Names for NASA's Apollo Command/Service and Lunar Modules
203(1)
The 10 States that Pollute the Most
204(1)
The 20 Most Popular Breeds of Dogs in the United States
205(1)
7 Coins That Are No Longer Minted
206(1)
The Leading U.S. Businesses in 47 Categories
207(2)
The Presidential Master Reference Table
209(2)
351 American Firsts and Other Accomplishments
211(24)
Index 235(4)
About the Author 239

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