Weird history 101

Author John Richard Stephens reveals 85 true stories behind some of history's most fascinating events -- by uncovering rare documents, eyewitness accounts, and contemporary descriptions of episodes ranging from Viking funerals to the Vietnam war. It includes: - A Native American woman's bloodcurdling account of Custer's Last Stand.- Walt Whitman's vivid description of President Lincoln's assassination.- A kidnapped African's report on the tragedy of life as a prisoner on a slave ship bound for the Americas.- Passengers' terrified descriptions of the sinking of the Titanic.- Eyewitness accounts of being captured by bloodthirsty pirates.Find these along with dozens of other eye-opening, entertaining looks behind the dull and dusty stories of conventional history.