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*BRAND NEW FOR THE BOOK*
Magellan’s tweet is one of over 80 never-before-seen tweets, only in Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World, hitting bookstores around the U.S. and Canada today!
Magellan (@LikeaFelon): These new shoe inserts are incredibly comfortable.
Posted by: Twitter Historian on April 27th 2010
Posted In: Comically Old, The Book
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We’ve said it for years: “history books have been ruining history.”
Too many words to read… too many facts to remember… too many dictators to hate.
How can a reader be expected to comprehend so many sentences and paragraphs, dates and events, names and context at once? Answer: they can’t.
But we come not to curse the darkness, but to light a glorious candle: a new history book so accurate it makes Wikipedia look like the National Enquirer… so concise, it makes a sneeze feel like an eon… and yet, so unabridged that it makes the Library of Congress a virtual haiku.
Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of The World hits shelves today, giving you all the history you need with just 1% of the words.
Skimmers of the world: rejoice.
A side note: special thanks to everyone who made this book possible — Kate McKean, Ryan Doherty and our team at Villard/Random House, the Historical Tweets fans & followers — and our loved friends and families.
If you haven’t already gotten the book, go get it — you’ll really enjoy the design, the humor, and the history.
And if when you get it, leave us a comment below — we’d love to hear what you think. Perhaps even leave a review on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
And if you’re reading the book close to an historical monument or statue — take a photo with the book and send it in. We’ll post it here on the blog.
Be historic,
– Twitterstorians Alan Beard & Alec McNayr
Posted by: Twitter Historian on April 27th 2010
Posted In: The Book
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What did Elvis tweet right after meeting with Nixon in 1970?
Leave us your best tweets in the comments!
Posted by: Twitter Historian on April 27th 2010
Posted In: 1970s, The Book, Tweet in the Blank
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Abraham Lincoln (@honest_abe): gr8 show tonite. the Ford is the perfect venue for AAAAARRGH!!
PAGE 69 from the forthcoming book: Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World
Posted by: Twitter Historian on April 26th 2010
Posted In: 1800s, The Book
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Social media enthusiast and Brit-nadian Dave Fleet reviewed our book Historical Tweets yesterday, and had this to say:
I’ve shown Historical Tweets to numerous people now, and every one of them has found different things to laugh at. That’s a winner in my book.
I’ve enjoyed every moment of reading it so far, and will likely continue to do so for a while.
Great coffee table reading for geek-filled households.
Link to: Book Review: Historical Tweets
Posted by: Twitter Historian on April 23rd 2010
Posted In: The Book, Updates
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