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History Bites: 37 People, Places, & Events That Have Changed American History
Think history is boring? Think again.
Get ready to meet the wild side of American history—the part they don’t always teach in school. The Boston Massacre? It wasn’t really a massacre. The Boston Tea Party? It wasn’t about high taxes—it was about smuggling and tea profits. And President Andrew Jackson? Let’s just say he had very strong feelings about people who challenged the U.S. government.
This book is packed with stories that are strange, surprising, and sometimes even a bit sneaky. Did you know President Polk started a war by poking the bear (or in this case, Mexico)? Or that John Wilkes Booth—famous actor, heartthrob, and crowd favorite—gave it all up to assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
History Bites doesn’t dress history up in fancy clothes. It rips the cover off the textbook and digs into the messy, fascinating truth underneath. So if you’ve ever thought history was just a bunch of boring dates and dusty facts, buckle up. You’re about to see the past like never before.
It’s fast. It’s weird. And yeah—it’s true.
Get ready to meet the wild side of American history—the part they don’t always teach in school. The Boston Massacre? It wasn’t really a massacre. The Boston Tea Party? It wasn’t about high taxes—it was about smuggling and tea profits. And President Andrew Jackson? Let’s just say he had very strong feelings about people who challenged the U.S. government.
This book is packed with stories that are strange, surprising, and sometimes even a bit sneaky. Did you know President Polk started a war by poking the bear (or in this case, Mexico)? Or that John Wilkes Booth—famous actor, heartthrob, and crowd favorite—gave it all up to assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
History Bites doesn’t dress history up in fancy clothes. It rips the cover off the textbook and digs into the messy, fascinating truth underneath. So if you’ve ever thought history was just a bunch of boring dates and dusty facts, buckle up. You’re about to see the past like never before.
It’s fast. It’s weird. And yeah—it’s true.
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 3, 2025
About the author
Nick Vulich
178 books30 followersHey there Nick Vulich here.
Ever since I was a kid I had this crazy urge to read and write. There is something about a book that can open up new worlds to you. When I was younger I read every Max Brand and Zane Grey western I could get my hands on. Then, I found Kenneth Roberts and his historical novels – Arundel, Northwest Passage, A Rabble in Arms. The detail he worked into them was mind blowing.
In college I was turned on to Frodo Baggins and the world of the Hobbits. I found Kurt Vonnegut downright inspiring. I still remember sitting in David Morrell’s classroom at the University of Iowa back in the late seventies, listening to his lectures on early American literature.
After graduation, I lost touch with my writing self for over thirty years, until I was brought face-to-face with this new-fangled thing they called Kindle. It reminded me of what I was all about.
In the years since then I have penned over twenty books, most of them with an e-commerce bent – How to sell on eBay, Amazon, and Fiver. I have written innumerable history books, started and given up on over a dozen novels.
The most amazing thing is, I can say whatever I want to say. I can write it today, put it out there for sale tomorrow, and within a day – sometimes two or three, someone else in this world is going to connect with what has been rattling around in my brain. How cool is that!
Indie Authors Toolbox is just that, a collection of gadgets and doodads you can whip out when you need them to spice up your writing; learn a little more about self-publishing; or connect with one troubled brain that is focused on figuring out this thing we call Indie Publishing.
Welcome aboard. Hold on because you are in for one hell of a ride.
Ever since I was a kid I had this crazy urge to read and write. There is something about a book that can open up new worlds to you. When I was younger I read every Max Brand and Zane Grey western I could get my hands on. Then, I found Kenneth Roberts and his historical novels – Arundel, Northwest Passage, A Rabble in Arms. The detail he worked into them was mind blowing.
In college I was turned on to Frodo Baggins and the world of the Hobbits. I found Kurt Vonnegut downright inspiring. I still remember sitting in David Morrell’s classroom at the University of Iowa back in the late seventies, listening to his lectures on early American literature.
After graduation, I lost touch with my writing self for over thirty years, until I was brought face-to-face with this new-fangled thing they called Kindle. It reminded me of what I was all about.
In the years since then I have penned over twenty books, most of them with an e-commerce bent – How to sell on eBay, Amazon, and Fiver. I have written innumerable history books, started and given up on over a dozen novels.
The most amazing thing is, I can say whatever I want to say. I can write it today, put it out there for sale tomorrow, and within a day – sometimes two or three, someone else in this world is going to connect with what has been rattling around in my brain. How cool is that!
Indie Authors Toolbox is just that, a collection of gadgets and doodads you can whip out when you need them to spice up your writing; learn a little more about self-publishing; or connect with one troubled brain that is focused on figuring out this thing we call Indie Publishing.
Welcome aboard. Hold on because you are in for one hell of a ride.
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July 6, 2026
***May contain some graphic details not intended for sensitive readers***
History Bites: 37 takes a simplified and mostly impartial look at American history from the European discoveries of the Americas up until the Civil War. From there the book further adds and ends with two other chapters that explores US characters (mostly from the frontier) and African American voices.
The book tackles the majority of information via three sections, each of which starts with a introductory chapter that summarizes the information together from all the chapters within a section. Unfortunately as a result there is quite a lot of repetitive information unless one chooses to skip these starting chapters as I would not recommend skipping the actual chapter, which has a bit more information.
The book is illustrated with cartoonish illustrations that resembles the cover and is most likely AI. Several, especially in the first part, are basically recycled poses wirh just enough detail changes ro have them fit their chapters. Given the medium, though, factual details are lost like St Brendan just has a regular boat instead of a fur-covered one while other illustrations include details like a bodiless head on the ground.
All in all if you're looking for a pretty quick and informative historical read with simple text than this may definitely be the starter gor you.
History Bites: 37 takes a simplified and mostly impartial look at American history from the European discoveries of the Americas up until the Civil War. From there the book further adds and ends with two other chapters that explores US characters (mostly from the frontier) and African American voices.
The book tackles the majority of information via three sections, each of which starts with a introductory chapter that summarizes the information together from all the chapters within a section. Unfortunately as a result there is quite a lot of repetitive information unless one chooses to skip these starting chapters as I would not recommend skipping the actual chapter, which has a bit more information.
The book is illustrated with cartoonish illustrations that resembles the cover and is most likely AI. Several, especially in the first part, are basically recycled poses wirh just enough detail changes ro have them fit their chapters. Given the medium, though, factual details are lost like St Brendan just has a regular boat instead of a fur-covered one while other illustrations include details like a bodiless head on the ground.
All in all if you're looking for a pretty quick and informative historical read with simple text than this may definitely be the starter gor you.
August 22, 2025
This is a very readable book about certain people and events in US history. This book provides a good introduction to US History. My only criticism is that it lacks a bibliography for those readers who want to know more about the people, places, and events discussed in this book.
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