Everything You Know Is Wrong [Paperback]

Paul Kirchner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995

This text describes common fallacies (such as burning witches in Salem and Kennedy winning the missile crisis), examines where they came from and explains why they've been accepted as fact.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: General Pub Group; First Edition edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881649709
• ISBN-13: 978-1881649700
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,747,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Kirchner was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1952. He attended the Cooper Union in New York City. He has worked in the comic book field, writing and illustrating stories for High Times, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and other publishers. His illustrations have appeared regularly in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He has done design and packaging work for several toy companies, including Mego, Coleco, Ideal, and Tyco. He illustrated all but one of Col. Jeff Cooper's books. In recent years he has illustrated mainly for the advertising industry and written books for Paladin Press.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful source for those curious at whats behind history, November 18, 1999

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This review is from: Everything You Know Is Wrong (Paperback)

This book is an excellent source if you like to know the truth behind alot of great history. Gives you origins and corrections to some of the stories handed down thru history. It is also good for proving teachers, friends, family wrong. recommended for know it alls!

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun book of facts, December 22, 2011

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This review is from: Everything You Know Is Wrong (Paperback)

The author presents the reader with this book of facts to correct what is common misconceptions of what we think we know. Everything from how snakes really kill their prey to what Adam and Eve actually ate as forbidden fruit are among the many subjects.

This isn't a conspiracy book, but one filled with facts instead of the myths we have all grown up with. It is a fun book, but it is not very in depth with the material. I prefer the Urban Legend book series as they do look at possible beginnings for the stories.

This would make a great gift for kids of all ages as the author does take a whimsical approach to the subject material.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars entertaining, August 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Everything You Know Is Wrong (Paperback)

very good book, too bad it's not available right now. just contains a lot of facts that are wrong, now you can go around telling this to your friends, doubt they'll believe you, so bring the book around, becaues some of the stuff is wild.