Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World [Paperback]

Alan Beard (Author), Alec McNayr (Author)

Book Description

Release date: April 27, 2010

OUTRAGEOUS HISTORICAL REVELATIONS IN FEWER THAN 140 CHARACTERS!
 
THEY TWEETED WHAAAATTT? History’s most famous personalities share their ridiculous, scandalous, and humorous thoughts. From the ancient tweets of @Plato and @Socrates to modern updates from @Napoleon, @Hitler, and @BabeRuth, Historical Tweets has all the answers to history’s biggest questions: What happened to the dragons? What does “four score” mean? WWJT? For those who can handle only 140 characters’ worth of history at a time (and don’t mind breaking their history teachers’ hearts), this is the perfect book.
 
@Kissinger Which button do I push to erase my last 18 and a half tweets?
TRICKY_ME
9:52 PM June 20, 1972
 
 
I live my life like a candle in the wind. Whatever that means.
LOL #mwah #mwah
MARILYN!
7:09 PM July 18, 1953

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Snappy thoughts of famous people at key moments in the past, rather than the standard Twitter fare of trivia from web users' humdrum lives." Telegraph.co.uk "LOLworthy site imagining how historical figures would have come across if they'd been limited to 140 characters." The Metro 'This top title is a laugh a second and guaranteed to spice up your travels with a little comedy. If you're a fan of Twitter and fancy something that'll make you titter, pick up a copy of Historical Tweets by Alan Beard & Alec McNayr. The comedy stylings of some of the finest brains in the Twitterverse' can be found within these pages.' St Christopher's Live Your Life e-zine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Self-appointed Twitterstorians Alan Beard and Alec McNayr are the 1–2 punch of McBeard Media, a creative and copywriting agency. Together, they’ve worked with clients like Nokia, Janus Capital, Alcatel-Lucent, UCLA, Pepperdine University, and the ABC Broadcast Network. They created the Historical Tweets blog in late 2008.

Visit McBeardMedia.com to learn more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Villard (April 27, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780345522634
• ISBN-13: 978-0345522634
• ASIN: 034552263X
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #772,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My Sticky Suit May 21, 2010

By R. Leonard

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The writers of this book owe me $11.25. Coincidentally, this is the price that my local dry cleaner charged to wash my suit after a swallow of beer projectiled from my mouth and all over my gray pinstripes. This unfortunate incident was the result of having read on page 3 a question from a horse in the Garden of Eden directed to Adam: "What's a stallion got to do to keep you from riding bareback?" That's right, page 3. The book is about 130 pages in length, and every page thereafter is exponentially funnier than the previous. This book is more interesting than the most interesting man in the world, it's smarter than a fifth grader (and Steven Hawking), and it could kick the asses of both Chuck Norris and Mr. T. But first, its authors owe me $11.25. I'd let this small fee slide, however, if they commit to the following: "Historical Tweets, Vol. 2: The Newer Testament."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, yet educational! April 30, 2010

By Claire

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A brief history of the world trimmed down to 140 characters is freaking fantastic. The humor is smart and inventive. It's not just dick and fart jokes, which seems to be the norm these days. Excellent book!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars History and Twitter go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly April 27, 2010

By Sean D. Tucker

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As a man who is 4 credits shy of a minor in history I wholeheartedly endorse this book. If only this book had come out during my college career, I might have been able to muster my way through that final class and earn that minor. Sadly, the education system failed me and I have never quite been the same. This book has inspired me to go back and attain that goal, much in the way Rudy inspired the ill conceived foray into football. Who wouldn't want a 5'7", 115 pound nose guard?
Historical Tweets: THE COMPLETELY UNABRIDGED AND RIDICULOUSLY BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORLD, is a rollercoaster of a picture book. It combines everything I love about books into 134 classic pages. For starters, it has pictures! I sorely miss the heady days of reading the literary masterpieces of Dr Seuss, Maurice Sendak, Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey. I think the saddest day of my existence was that fateful day that I was forced by the tyrannical education system to mentally claw my way through a book that did NOT have pictures. I died a little bit inside that day.
Secondly, it has big font. I don't know about all of you, but the bigger the font the better! Is there anyone reading this review right now that didn't try the whole Courier New trick when writing their papers to try to squeeze every last inch of real estate onto the screen to hit that 15 page mark? I think not! Bigger font gives me more of a sense of accomplishment. Whereas a book with normal font may be 75 pages, now it becomes a gargantuan 450! I can rest easy that night knowing that I am on the same intellectual level as people who read big books are.
Finally, it's short! I don't know about you but I tend to get distra
So in conclusion, if you like history and Twitter, this is definitely the book for you. If you sit around fantasizing about what Abe Lincoln might tweet if he had twitter, the men with the white coats and large nets have been dispatched to your address, but while you are waiting for them to arrive, this book should tide you over. I mean seriously, if Lincoln saw Twitter he would use the technology to coordinate attacks with his generals in the field, thus crushing the south and forever changing the course of history. Heck, he probably would have renamed the useless Carolina to Twitteropolis, Jimmy Buffet would be wasting away in Twitterville, and the national anthem would probably be Rockin' Robin. All US Americans would be required to have a twitter account by the newly founded Department of Tweetland Security where they would analyze twitter chatter for possible threats against the state. The Church of St. Twitter would probably rise up as the most dominant church in the South and each sermon would be limited to 140 characters. I should wrap this up as someone in a white coat is knocking at my door. I wonder if he's selling magazine subscriptions. But before I go, please buy this book. It's the best 14 bucks I spent today!

Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World