The People's Almanac

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1975 - Reference - 1478 pages
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A books of facts and figures on a variety of subjects, including the United States, world history, people, health, war, disasters, the arts, science and technology, honors, religion, and the curious.

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Reading this as a teen started me on the path to reference librarianship. Best reference book ever!

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Interesting book back in the 1970's, but as I got older I saw this as far too political. As in left wing political. Kind of a post-Watergate victory lap for this bunch. Interesting chapters and well laid out but the indoctrination gets to be a bit much.

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David Wallechinsky is the bestselling coauthor of "The Book of Lists" and "The People's Almanac", and the author of "The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics" and "The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics". Also a contributing editor to "Parade" magazine, he divides his time between Santa Monica, California, and Provence, France.


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