365: Your Date with History [Paperback]

W. B. Marsh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2005

Whether it is major political events like the USA's annexation of Texas (1 March) or incredible discoveries like that of Tutankhamun's tomb (26 November), every event in history happened - of course - on one of 365 days. Pore through history day-by-day with 365 and become engrossed in this lovingly constructed wealth of historical anecdotes. 365: Your Date with History is a fantastically browsable historical encyclopaedia, mapping the highs and lows of human existence day-by-day throughout the year. Each day is accompanied by historical facts and sometimes brief, often more lengthy, stories from a dizzying array of subjects. Written accessibly and with plenty of personality, 365 will be a have-around-the-house favourite for years.

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About the Author

W.B. Marsh On his birthday - 26 October - the legendary 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' took place at Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881. Bruce Carrick On his birthday in 1897 Marcel Proust had a duel with fellow writer Jean Lorrain.

Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Totem Books (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840466065
• ISBN-13: 978-1840466065
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,266,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Random Access History, September 20, 2005

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This review is from: 365: Your Date with History (Paperback)

For each day of the year, Marsh and Carrick offer one or two short essays and a brief list of other significant events that happened on that day. Each essay is well written and describes an important event (a birth or a death, a battle or the passage of a law) and then explains what flowed from or caused the event.

I've really enjoyed this book. Each morning over breakfast, I read the entries for the day and learn a little bit more about history. The subject changes constantly, so it's never boring, and I can always leap ahead to see what happened on my birthday, or my wife's birthday, or our anniversary or whatever.

Although there are several other works that are similar to "365," I think this one is the best of the bunch. Still, in case you want to have something similar on hand when you finish with "365," you might consider these entries, all of which are more lightweight than "365" (but still entertaining): Whitely, "On This Date . . ." (2002); Spinrad, Sprinrad, Miller & Brown, "On This Day in History" (1999); Miller & Brown, "More on This Day in History" (2002); Donaldson & Donaldson, "The Book of Days" (1979) (eccentric and quirky); and Patterson, "What Time of Day Was That: History by the Minute" (2001).

For a more encylopedic but less readable approach to the subject, try The History Channel's "Today in History: A Day by Day Review of World Events"--this book has a lot more entries than "365," but it lacks Marsh and Carrick's elegant essays.

On the whole, I highly recommend "365" as a thoroughly enjoyable way of boning up on history.