Charleston County Public Library

Jumbo's hide, Elvis's ride, and the tooth of the Buddha, more marvelous tales of historical artifacts, by Harvey Rachlin

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-353) and index

index present

non fiction

Jumbo's hide, Elvis's ride, and the tooth of the Buddha

bibliography

by Harvey Rachlin

more marvelous tales of historical artifacts

The tooth of Buddha -- The gold larnax of King Philip II -- The Magna Carta -- The stone of scone -- The essex ring -- Galileo's middle finger -- George Washington's schoolboy copybooks -- John Harrison's fourth marine timekeeper -- The Virginia declaration of rights -- The rising sun chair -- The Louisiana purchase treaty -- The Lewis and Clark journals -- Beethoven's ear trumpets -- Harrison's peace pipes -- John Adam's pigtail -- The doubleday ball -- Vendovi's head -- The battle sword of Colonel Najera -- Charles Dickens's prompt copy of A Christmas Carol -- The first AMerican flag raised in Japan -- The emancipation proclamation -- Slices of Tom Thumb's wedding cakeThomas Edison's original tinfoil phonograph -- Jesse James's stickpin -- Ulysses S. Grant's smoking stand -- Jumbo the elephant -- Freud's couch -- The hoof of fire horse number twelve -- "Take me out to the ball game" -- Mark Twain's orchestrelle -- The Zimmerman telegram -- The fourteen points -- The truce flag that ended World War I -- Wyatt Earp's drawing of the O.K. Corral gunfight -- The Maltese falcon -- Monty's battle caravans -- The World War II Japanese surrender table -- ENIAC -- Marilyn Monroe's billowing dress from The Seven Year Itch -- Elvis Presley's purple cadillac -- Able the space monkey -- Odyssey -- The gun that killed John Lennon

More marvelous tales of historical artifacts