A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, and Other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History

An offbeat look at American history presents intriguing profiles of thirty unusual, memorable, but neglected individuals who played important roles in our country's past, from the creator of Mother's Day and Paul Revere's rival rider to the Mayflower murderer and female pirate Anne Bonny. Original.