Mistakes Were Made: People Who Played the Role of Goat in History

by Charlie Clark

Ask someone to describe his worst mistake and he will probably pause before replying, "I'd prefer not to discuss it." Ah, but what if you had a ringside seat in the lives of people who suffered the fate of committing major errors in full view of a public that forever ties them to the gaffe? In this captivating collection of nine historical profiles, Charlie Clark offers a blow-by-blow description of the mistakes made by some of history's most famous "goats," in such areas as the military, exploration, technology, and the arts. Most intimately, he takes the reader through the painful aftermath to show how each of these reverse heroes coped with the role.

67 pages, Paperback

First published February 21, 2005