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The United States of Epic Fails: 52 Crazy Stories And Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught In School
Have you ever wondered what the biggest failures in American history are? Which sports teams just can’t seem to catch a break and keep failing, over and over and over in the most disastrous manner? What are some of the biggest failures in American pop culture? In The United States of Epic 52 Crazy Stories and Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught in School you’ll learn all about these embarrassing moments and many other American failures on an epic level. Here you will find We Americans may be used to being #1 and take a certain amount of pride in that, but this book takes a look at the less successful cases in American history in the world of politics, science, sports, and pop culture. The United States of Epic Fails takes a look at epic American failures you didn’t read about in school and some better-known failures from another perspective. Whether you consider yourself a history buff, or you like watching train wrecks, there’s sure to be plenty in this book to keep your interest. From failed TV shows to presidential campaigns that probably shouldn’t have happened and big mistakes made by some of the most brilliant people in the world, The United States of Epic Fails will give you plenty to talk about with your friends and family at the next gathering. So open this book and your mind and see another side of the USA that you may not know existed.
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172 pages, Paperback
Published March 2, 2022
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July 18, 2022
This is one of those book that you can leaf through at your leisure and you may stumble across one or two things you never knew or never cared about.
The writing is simple the stories are bland.
The writing is simple the stories are bland.
March 27, 2022
I don't do book reviews.......
I don't do book reviews like you keep seeing, as I find that some give too much of the plot away and I personally hate that, as it makes the book not worth reading. I much prefer to take the authors back cover write up as a review as it can either intrigue you enough to read the book of provide you enough information to make you decide that the book is not for you.
My review rules are: The more stars, the more I liked it.
If there are too many typos or errors the less stars I give
If the storyline or plot is poor or contains too many errors, the characters are too weak, the ending lacking something, then the less stars I give.
Simple, uncomplicated and to the point without giving anything away.
Some of the books I read have been given to me by the author as a pre-release copy and this does not bias my reviews in any way
I don't do book reviews like you keep seeing, as I find that some give too much of the plot away and I personally hate that, as it makes the book not worth reading. I much prefer to take the authors back cover write up as a review as it can either intrigue you enough to read the book of provide you enough information to make you decide that the book is not for you.
My review rules are: The more stars, the more I liked it.
If there are too many typos or errors the less stars I give
If the storyline or plot is poor or contains too many errors, the characters are too weak, the ending lacking something, then the less stars I give.
Simple, uncomplicated and to the point without giving anything away.
Some of the books I read have been given to me by the author as a pre-release copy and this does not bias my reviews in any way
August 29, 2023
Instead of a book about people doing really good things we have a book about people failing. Watergate is a prime example. It cost Nixon the presidency.
There's also the United States Football Team and a video game based on the movie ET.
Corrupt politicians isn't anything new, of course. They almost never seem to caught. Myspace is noted along with a World Series Fix. The Great Chicago Fire is covered, noting the lack of proper preparation for a major fire.
Bank failures is covered and we are still seeing those happen just recently. There are political parties that failed and the government's response to Hurricane Katrina is covered.
Some of the failures are funny, some are extremely serious. Either way it's an interesting book and basically a commentary (unintended, probably) about how little bad things change over time.
There's also the United States Football Team and a video game based on the movie ET.
Corrupt politicians isn't anything new, of course. They almost never seem to caught. Myspace is noted along with a World Series Fix. The Great Chicago Fire is covered, noting the lack of proper preparation for a major fire.
Bank failures is covered and we are still seeing those happen just recently. There are political parties that failed and the government's response to Hurricane Katrina is covered.
Some of the failures are funny, some are extremely serious. Either way it's an interesting book and basically a commentary (unintended, probably) about how little bad things change over time.
January 4, 2026
interesting a good read
This clearly makes the point that all in the world isn’t perfect. I enjoyed the book. Some of the topics I knew about and others were a surprise for sure. This could actually be a series.
This clearly makes the point that all in the world isn’t perfect. I enjoyed the book. Some of the topics I knew about and others were a surprise for sure. This could actually be a series.
March 14, 2022
Another hit!
O'Neill does it again. He takes a look at human, mostly, foibles with his tongue firmly pressed in his cheek. His books are great entertainment and education too.
O'Neill does it again. He takes a look at human, mostly, foibles with his tongue firmly pressed in his cheek. His books are great entertainment and education too.
March 21, 2022
Epic Fails a great summary
Great read about many failures in history. Very entertaining and an enjoyable read! Recommend this book to everyone for a look back in history.
Great read about many failures in history. Very entertaining and an enjoyable read! Recommend this book to everyone for a look back in history.
March 25, 2022
good fun
Another epic book focusing on epic fails. It is well written funny and poignant. A good read on historical fails
Another epic book focusing on epic fails. It is well written funny and poignant. A good read on historical fails
February 20, 2025
Fun fast read that you might learn a thing or two from
April 22, 2022
These are epic
These stories of the failures in American History were fun to read about. Now I will say that some of them were familiar to me and possibly others, who read this book. However they were worth reading about again. I really like the way the stories were laid out. This made for an enjoyable reading of them. Now the stories don't follow a chronological order, but that was okay with me while other may like a chronological approach to the stories. They still were interesting to me. I know that there were a couple or so typos in this book, but they were so far between that I don't remember them that much. If you like trivia about American History and like to read about the goofs that travel in the shadows of it then this book will be worth reading.
These stories of the failures in American History were fun to read about. Now I will say that some of them were familiar to me and possibly others, who read this book. However they were worth reading about again. I really like the way the stories were laid out. This made for an enjoyable reading of them. Now the stories don't follow a chronological order, but that was okay with me while other may like a chronological approach to the stories. They still were interesting to me. I know that there were a couple or so typos in this book, but they were so far between that I don't remember them that much. If you like trivia about American History and like to read about the goofs that travel in the shadows of it then this book will be worth reading.
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