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30<br />
From the bestselling author of Joey Green’s Magic Brands,<br />
stupid—but hilarious—mistakes for readers who can’t get<br />
enough of The Darwin Awards<br />
978-0-452-29773-9 • U.S. $13.00 / $13.99 CAN.<br />
Humor / Trivia<br />
5” x 7 1/8” • 256 pages<br />
b/w clip art throughout<br />
Rights: W00<br />
First Serial, Audio, UK, Translation: Plume<br />
Agent: Stephanie Tade Agency<br />
Also available as an e-book<br />
On Sale: 5/29/12<br />
■ ■ Joey Green has incredible name recognition from his<br />
more than forty-five previous books, including several<br />
bestsellers (Joey Green’s Cleaning Magic, Joey Green’s<br />
Gardening Magic)<br />
suGGesteD oRDeR<br />
PLUME<br />
J u n e • P l u m e<br />
Photo © Debbie Green<br />
Joey Green<br />
Dumb History<br />
the stupidest mistakes ever made<br />
Why do we get so much pleasure out of hearing about other people’s<br />
mistakes? if anyone knows, it’s former national lampoon contributing editor<br />
and bestselling author Joey Green. He’s cataloged history’s most boneheaded<br />
blunders, including:<br />
• in 820 ce, an herbalist designed an anti-aging elixir for emperor Hsien<br />
tsung—it killed him.<br />
• in 1849, brooklyn inventor Walter Hunt invented and patented the<br />
safety pin and then sold all the rights to his invention for $400, never<br />
receiving another penny for it. a century later, the united states<br />
produced an estimated five billion safety pins annually. Hunt died broke<br />
in 1859.<br />
• in the 1930s, a newspaper to which novelist Rudyard kipling subscribed<br />
incorrectly announced his death. in a letter to the editor, kipling wrote:<br />
“i’ve just read that i am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list<br />
of subscribers.”<br />
trivia and history buffs as well as anyone who enjoys feeling superior to their<br />
fellow humans will devour Dumb History.<br />
■■6-Copy Counter Display, 978-0-452-29458-5, U.S. $72.00 / $83.94 CAN.<br />
■■National Publicity<br />
■■Online Re<strong>view</strong>s and Features<br />
■■Online Promotions<br />
■■www.joeygreen.com plume<br />
Original<br />
joeY green is the bestselling author of more than forty-five books,<br />
including Joey Green’s Cleaning Magic and Contrary to Popular Belief.<br />
He lives in los angeles.
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