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133 books · 68 voters · list created February 21st, 2012 by P.J. Sullivan (votes) .
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message 1: by P.J. (last edited Mar 12, 2023 08:47PM) (new)

P.J. Sullivan Books of historical humor are of three types:
1- Those that are more funny than factual (Richard Armour)
2- Those that are more factual than funny (Larry Gonick)
3- Those that are both factual and funny (Will Cuppy)


message 2: by P.J. (new)

P.J. Sullivan Boris wrote:
You should restore Alex Letner’s books which I vote for, or remove my votes from this list."


Alex Letner wrote fiction. This list is for nonfiction books about real history. Try a list for fiction.


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