History's Lost Moments: The Stories Your Teacher Never Told You, (Paperback)

Toss out the essays, forget the boring lectures and don't worry about memorizing dates. Take a tour through the history of South Carolina, the South and the entire nation with this collection of forgotten moments. <p> Dr. Tom Horton has sifted through the diary entries, old newspaper accounts and textbooks so you can make sense of it all. You'll discover: </p><ul> <li>- How a contingent of Carolinians, led by Joseph Brevard Kershaw of Camden, failure to seize Little Round Top perhaps led to the end of the Civil War. </li><li>- Why leading cabinet and furniture maker William Enston of Charleston should be in any pantheon of leading philanthropists. </li><li>- How Thomas Pinckney, a respected soldier, governor, diplomat and even presidential candidate, became America's forgotten founding father. </li><li>- And much more, including the little-told stories of why Napoleon's sister-in-law was an American Hussy, why Indian fighters made the best Civil War Generals and what made John Rutledge so special. </li></ul> It's all collected in one book, and it's a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how History's Lost Moments helped shape the world as it is today.

• History's Lost Moments: The Stories Your Teacher Never Told You, (Paperback)
• Author: Trafford Publishing
• ISBN: 9781426919688
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2010-02-17
• Page Count: 344