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Machine generated contents note: ch. One Story -- Unsolved History---Mysteries in History -- Art and Bones---Objects with a Past -- Earth, Wind, and Fire---Natural Disasters -- More Precious than Gold -- Heroism off the Battlefield---Human Stories from World War II -- Warriors and Weapons -- Buildin...

Contents note continued: Ordinary Folks, Extraordinary Stories -- Creative Spirits and Their Times -- Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History -- Animals and Their People -- It's Not Easy Being Queen---The (Mostly Sad) Lives of Princesses and Queens -- Brainiacs---Big Minds Thinking Great Thoughts --...

Contents note continued: If You Can Make It There---New York -- The Watery Parts of the World---Rivers and Seas -- Centuries of Crime---Mysteries Set in the Past -- In the Time of the Patriarchs---The World of the Old Testament -- When in Rome, or Greece, or Egypt -- ch. Four Language -- The Story o...

Contents note continued: It Was the Worst of Times---History as Horror Story -- If Only---Alternative Histories -- Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid---History as Cautionary Tale -- Couth and Culture---Gentle Stories with No Battles or Blood -- Old Stories for Young Readers---History Written for Children --...