It Seemed Like a Good Idea...

by William R. Forstchen and Bill Fawcett

Book Overview

Throughout the annals of history, the best of intentions--and sometimes the worst--have set in motion events with a vastly different outcome than originally intended. In this entertaining, fact-filled... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380807718
• ISBN13: 9780380807710
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Fun and Accurate

This book was not only great to read and certainly isn't like history as taught as a dry list of dates and platitudes in too many schools. Nothing in great depth, but hundreds of historical events and facts I didn't know were given me in a way that made them enjoyable. Obviously the book historians create to when they want to have fun. I'd always wondered why the vikings never came back.

Good Easy Read

This is a very good easy read. History has been simplified, but this is a wonderful "bathroom book" or "travel book" because most sections aren't more than four or five pages. Don't read this if you want deep historical knowledge, but instead if you want educational easy reading or to know some interesting facts.