Unknown America : myths and little known oddities about the greatest nation on earth

A collection of some of the most fascinating, obscure, and even overlooked facts about the United States of America. Written by Michael Hart, host of the popular weekday Talk Radio program, The Michael Hart Show, UNKNOWN AMERICA, Myths and little known oddities about the greatest nation on earth, reveals some of the most fascinating, obscure, and even overlooked facts and common myths about the greatest nation on earth. In this book you will discover amazing and little known facts and trivia about America, and learn about people and places that the history books have either forgotten, or completely overlooked. In UNKNOWN AMERICA you will *Why portraits of the Declaration of Independence are completely wrong *Which is the only state to have 3 Governors in a single day *About the slave that sued for her freedom, and won! *Who "really" invented the airplane *Which US President had a dog named Satan *Strange strategies and plans used by the US Military *About the slave that owned slaves *The role IBM may have played in the Holocaust *America's only Gay President *America's first female President *Why the Rosa Parks Story is all wrong *What Presidential hopeful wanted John Wayne to be his VP Running mate *Why July 4th is not our Independence day, and what day really is ...And so much more Introduction -- 1. Unknown states: offbeat factoids and oddities about the states -- 2. Unknown Americans: fascinating Americans that the history books mostly ignored or whose stories they just got wrong -- 3. Unknown Americana: little known facts about life in America -- 4. Unknown military history: odd plans, little known events, and bizarre ideas in defense of America -- 5. Unknown sports: weird stats and facts from the playing field -- 6. Before America: what America looked like before it was America -- 7. The unknown presidents: stuff you just never learned in school -- 8. Unknown black history: the often ignored facts and faces that helped shape America -- 9. The unknown framers: some of the most misunderstood people in American history -- 10. Unknown religion: from the subliminal to the sublime. A peek inside worship in the United States -- 11. Unknown politics: weird stuff you probably didn't know, you didn't know -- Conclusion -- Resources -- About the author.