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Curious Facts About Famous People Biographies :
John Dillinger
J. Edgar Hoover
Howard Hughes
Teddy Roosevelt
Clara Barton
Walt Disney
Charles Goodyear
Abe Lincoln
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
"Mad" Anthony Wayne & Chief Little Turtle
Jakow Tractenberg
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Introduction
[From Curious Facts About Famous People I, 2002, ISBN 0-9717769-0-3, re-issued via Books: Dillinger-Hoover & Hughes-Roosevelt]
"Time's glory is to ...unmask falsehood and bring truth to light."
William Shakespeare
When we read biographies about famous people, we seek to learn the unusual and exciting things about them without wading through too much boring dribble. An entire fat book may contain only a few items which interest us about a given individual or maybe nothing at all.
What we have done at Kekionga Press is to perform the task of researching biographies of the famous and to report only the exciting and unusual items. We have left out what is not interesting, in our opinion, and have tried to keep it clean by avoiding making light of personal embarrassments and things which should remain private. We have also avoided using language which is commonly viewed as obscene and vulgar, so that no one of any persuasion will be offended by our manner of expression.
What follows is a short preview of some of the curious facts presented in our books:
The notorious bank robber, John Dillinger, was more respectful of his father than America's most idolized President, Abe Lincoln.
The real life James Bond, on a mission from British Intelligence, warned J. Edgar Hoover months in advance that the Japanese were planning to bomb Pearl Harbor in late 1941.
Super humanitarian Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, came from a psychotic environment where her mother would seldom sleep past 3:00 a.m. and wake the entire family by cussing and throwing things and store vegetables until they began to rot before serving them for supper.
Top mobster boss of the 1930's (Murder, Inc.), Charles "Lucky" Luciano, in exchange for release from prison, enabled American forces to safely land in Central Italy during WWII, saving hundreds of soldiers' lives due to his influence with the underworld.
Instead of a dog or a cat, Walt Disney had field mice for pets as a kid, which later inspired his world famous "Mickey Mouse" cartoon character. Although Disney's name is now nearly synonymous with childhood entertainment and lighthearted comedy, he wasn't especially fond of children and rarely smiled outside of the cameras.
Enigmatic billionaire Howard Hughes sought to eliminate the need for fossil fuel in the automotive industry by creating a steam engine car which could carry five passengers 400 miles on one tank of water.
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