The Good, the Bad, and the Mad: Some Weird People in American History

By E. Randall Floyd

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760766002
• ISBN13: 9780760766002
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: FALL RIVER PRESS
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

HAVE FUN LEARNING ABOUT WIERD HISTORY!

If you like to learn about the other side of those people who have shaped our history you will love this book.Many of the people you read about here are also in our history books,but this tells about the eccentricities of these individuals that history has tried to cover up.I was a big fan of "IN SEARCH OF "as a kid,and now I like "SIGHTINGS".If you can relate to what I'm saying,this will be the type of book that will keep your interest.The stories are short and sweet,enough to feel like you get to know a good deal about these people without drawing out the story like some of the biography's do.Great for someone like me with a short attention span!!I came away feeling like it was the wierdness of the people that led them to take the chances in their lives that took them to greatness.