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It was said that the Germans fought for world domination, the Brits fought for defense of their country, and Americans fought for souvenirs

Steinbeck appears to really dislike generalities preconceived ones, especially when it came to British and English soldiers getting along

Warder (known as Gaidin [/ˈgaɪ.din/] in the Old Tongue) is a person, traditionally male, who is bonded by an Aes Sedai through the use of saidar to become her bodyguard and protector.[1]
 Warders are easily recognized by their distinctive Color-shifting cloak, made of fancloth, when they choose to wear it.

A rare appearance from Ben buschetti

Evidently Jackson loved his coffee and tobacci

Not getting the racial equality phrase into the League of Nations was something that really ticked off the japanese. They felt discriminated against as part of the yellow race and being inferior to the west. This very well could have contributed to their belligerence building during the intro warriors and their aggressive stance in world war II

One of the many regional disputes that arose out of the peace treaty he's following world war I was a question of the port of flume. Italy coveted it and hungry and Austria and Yugoslavia wanted it as well. It is located on the Northern tip of the Adriatic Sea

Hearing all these geographical terms that I wasn't sure about forced me to look things up. I found out that Dalmatia is the lands directly north east of Italy across the Adriatic sea. It was an ancient Kingdom that still carries the same name geographically.

It is said that the reason Wilson included Poland in his 14 points for the League of Nations was because he heard one of the polls play Chopin

Kaiser Wilhelm lived until the uear of 1941 shortly before the invasion of Russia by germany. He also was said to have thought the Jews were responsible for Germany's misery. Actually the only one that's ever penalized for crimes with German U-Boat commanders who had sunk ships with sick people on them. And they were said to have escaped only weeks later and never seen again

Crown Prince William the son of the Kaiser was known as Little Willy and was a womanizer.

It is interesting to note however that Romania gained the most land out of any country in Europe at the Pete's conference in 20 or 1919

It's amazing to think of the dangerous chess game nations are playing during and before world war 1. Romania trying to get the best side waited until they found out which way the war was going before they decided to sign up with the allies.

I didn't even think of this at first, but having a discussion about one zone will before he dies in front of all the potential people to benefit from that will is kind of an interesting setup

The entire novel Lester is threatening Benji to stop his moaning or I'll whip you

Jason shows his cruelty to luster by burning the tickets at Lester had been searching for since the beginning of the novel he didn't have a quarter, and Jason just burned them in the stove

Jason seems to be the only one in the novel that refers to the retarded boy as Ben

In summary, Poland would seem to be a buffer between Germany to the west and Russia to the East and always being in trouble from both of them

I had never heard before of a character called Dr Hans Frank nicknamed The butcher of Poland who is made the governor of occupied Poland during world war II

I never would have thought one of Andrew Jackson's tasked in his presidency in December of 1829 was to negotiate a trade deal with turkey.

The grandfather of the family pulls out the ultimate ROM Desperado by trying to finish off the last of his money betting on Long shots. As it happened, all the long shots kept coming in and he became a millionaire several times over

I never knew that Chopin was polish, and I never knew how important listening to those classical pieces of music were in the late 1800s

In short succession Andrew lost his brother Hugh and the revolutionary war battle, his brother Robert who was treated indignantly by the soldiers when they refused to polish their boots, and finally his own mother who shortly thereafter these incidents went to cure for sick nephew. She never returned

There is historical debate as to whether Jackson was born in north or south carolina, his dad died before he was born and he was named after him.

Prussia, russia, Austria and Hungary were all scheming to like pulling off the map in the 1700s

The poor peasants got meat once a year and subsisted on beets and cabbage.

I enjoyed the part where chef was teaching Pauline how to play by ear. He would play chords and she would stay in key and play a tune next to it with her right hand

One thing that was unexplained was how did the doctor's body get from where Arthur killed him to his laboratory?

Fat sarcastic musicians seen almost human when he beg for forgiveness after striking the dog.

Two sisters at the core, family secrets on the periphery. I was in a nostalgic place when the sisters described the glee of their summer vacation spot and planning out trips to the general store. Reminded me of Lake George and our trips to the candy store there.