Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC

Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9781510722798
ISBN-13 : 1510722793
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Book Synopsis Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC by : Rowland, Tim

Download or read book Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC written by Rowland, Tim and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC is a collection of wild but true tales about our nation’s capital. Starting in the early days of the republic and reaching into modern times, the book recounts odd and humorous events that didn’t make their way into the history books. Along the way the book introduces a host of memorable characters: • Land speculators James Greenleaf and Robert Morris, whose financial shenanigans almost took down the Federal City before it was even established • Civil War madam Mary Ann Hall, who ran the city’s most upstanding brothel and died with an estate valued at $2 million • The “Treasury Girls—the first wave of female workers, hired to cut individual bills from printed sheets of cash (with scissors), who prompted a government investigation into immoral behavior in the workplace • The NSA’s secret staff of African Americans who went to work in code rooms after Harry Truman desegregated the federal workforce • The 1960s activist who drew attention to a rat problem in poor neighborhoods by shuttling them in his station wagon to the toniest parts of Georgetown Readers will also find out how a hurricane saved the city in 1812, how a demonstration of the world’s largest naval gun nearly killed the president, and about the tree at Washington Cathedral whose origins trace back to the Holy Land at the time of Joseph of Arimathea. With Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC in hand, the city will never seem the same again.


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