Okay, I admit it, I love history, but what I really love is reading about the interesting personalities that aren't mentioned in the history books. That is why I love Michael Farquhar and his most recent work "A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans". In it he brings to the surface thirty forgotten lives who played an important role in how our country is today. For example the mentally unstable mother of Mother's Day, who then tried to get it repealed when people didn't celebrate it the way she wanted.
Farquhar writes of each person in a plain spoken factual way. He doesn't play favorites or try to revise history, he just let's the reader know that there is more to history than what you are taught in school.
I highly recommend this book. It's a great book to read over the weekend or to pick up and read a chapter every now and then. If you are interested in reading "A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans" by Michael Farquhar, you can find it at your local library or at Barnes and Noble.
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