JUMBO'S HIDE, ELVIS'S RIDE, AND THE TOOTH OF BUDDHA

Rachlin, Harvey

ISBN 10: 0805056831 / ISBN 13: 9780805056839

Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2000

About this Item

(xi) 372 pp. Quarter-bound in blue on pale green boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs and facsimle documents. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; The Tooth of the Buddha; The Gold Larnax of King Philip II; The Magna Carta; The Stone of Scone; The Essex Ring; Galileo's Middle Finger; George Washington's Schoolboy Copybooks; John Harrison's Fourth Marine Timekeeper; The Virginia Declaration of Rights; The Rising Sun Chair; The Louisiana Purchase Treaty; The Lewis and Clark Journals; Beethoven's Ear Trumpets; Harrison's Peace Pipes; John Adams's Pigtail; The Doubleday Ball; Vendovi's Head; The Battle Sword of Colonel Najera; Charles Dicken's Prompt-copy of A Christmas Carol; The First American Flag Raised in Japan; The Emancipation Proclamation; Slices of Tom Thumb's Wedding Cake; Thomas Edison's Original Tinfoil Phonograph; Jesse James's Stickpin; Ulysses S. Grant's Smoking Stand; Jumbo the Elephant; Freud's Couch; The Hoof of Fire Horse Number Twelve; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; Mark Twain's Orchestrelle; The Zimmermann Telegram; The Fourteen Points; The Truce Flag that Ended World War One; Wyatt Earp's Drawing of the O.K. Corral Gunfight; The Maltese Falcon; Monty's Battle Caravans; The World War Two Japanese Surrender Table; ENIAC; Marilyn Monroe's Billowing Dress from The Seven Year Itch; Elvis Presley's Purple Cadillac; Able the Space Monkey; Odyssey; and The Gun That Killed John Lennon; followed by an index. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JUMBO'S HIDE, ELVIS'S RIDE, AND THE TOOTH OF BUDDHA
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805056831
• ISBN 13: 9780805056839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • History - General

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Synopsis

A companion to the History Channel's series History's Lost and Found presents a fascinating, frequently humorous look at forty historical artifacts that provide a key glimpse into the past, ranging from tracing the four extant copies of the Magna Carta >to the search fro Marilyn Monroe's white dress from The SevenYear Itch. 12,500 first printing.

About the Author

Harvey Rachlin is the author of ten previous books, including Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones, and Einstein's Brain (Owl Books, 0-8050-3965-1). He is the primary consultant to the History Channel's weekly series, "History's Lost and Found."