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IN THE BEGINNING MAN LEARNED TO communicate his feelings and express his thoughts in an eloquent and refined manner...but over time man learned the art of the dis. Let the insults fly. Robert Schnakenberg has collected the most hilarious, the most off-putting, the most outrageous insults ever to be said into Distory: A Treasury of Historical Insults. This collection covers all epochs of (mostly) Western history from the United States' feudin' founders to the Brit's prime target, their prime minister. From Abe Lincoln to Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York to Churchill to both George Bushes...they've all been dissed and done some dissing back. No one has been spared the acid tongue, and if they're a public figure with some not-always-so-nice comments, then they've found their way into the pages of Distory.Schnakenberg, Robert E. is the author of 'Distory A Treasury Of Historical Insults', published 2004 under ISBN 9780312326715 and ISBN 0312326718.
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