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Have you ever wondered what the biggest failures in American history are?

Which sports teams just can’t seem to catch a break and keep failing, over and over and over in the most disastrous manner?

What are some of the biggest failures in American pop culture?

In The United States of Epic Fails: 52 Crazy Stories and Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught in School you’ll learn all about these embarrassing moments and many other American failures on an epic level.

Here you will find out:

What film almost destroyed a major studio and killed a movie genre?How did George Washington fail so miserably in his early military career?Who was the NFL player that famously ran the wrong way?When did Coca-Cola make its most epic failure?What popular lawn game was outlawed for being too dangerous?

We Americans may be used to being #1 and take a certain amount of pride in that, but this book takes a look at the less successful cases in American history in the world of politics, science, sports, and pop culture.

The United States of Epic Fails takes a look at epic American failures you didn’t read about in school and some better-known failures from another perspective.

Whether you consider yourself a history buff, or you like watching train wrecks, there’s sure to be plenty in this book to keep your interest.

From failed TV shows to presidential campaigns that probably shouldn’t have happened and big mistakes made by some of the most brilliant people in the world, The United States of Epic Fails will give you plenty to talk about with your friends and family at the next gathering.

So open this book and your mind and see another side of the USA that you may not know existed.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ LAK Publishing (March 2, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1648450849
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1648450846
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.39 x 9 inches
Reviewer: Grady Harp
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: ‘Taking a break from the seriousness of our lives and the world in general’
Review: Author Bill O’Neill has authored many books on Trivia and stands as somewhat of an expert in this field! His topics include movies, football, baseball, wars, rock music, simply random trivia facts, and US States. Now with a nod to providing interesting reading material while passing the time at home, Bill offers a cascade of stories that provide not only entertainment but also some educational topics!Providing an overview of the topics of interest in this book, Bill outlines his content in the Introduction – ‘It’s a fact that America loves a winner. Whether it’s successful military generals, scientists, entrepreneurs, political leaders, or even athletes and sports teams, there’s no doubt that Americans like to see success stories. And there are plenty of success stories throughout American history, beginning with the successful American Revolution, the creation of the government, and nearly 20 years of inventions, innovations, and numerous other victories and high points. But mixed in with all those countless success stories have been some pretty epic fails!...Some better-known fails – such as the Chicago fire, Exxon Valdez tragedy, and 1984 presidential election – are covered in this book, but with an emphasis on what made these fails so epic, and at times unique.’In this book are some of the strangest and most fascinating facts that we never learned in school – or out of school! Among the many interesting stories are a slew of historical facts…E.T. was a great movie but the video game sucked, Milli Vanilli and lip synching vs. real singing, the failure of the First and Second Banks of the United States, Facebook isn’t unique – Myspace came first, the failure of the expensive movie Cleopatra, the many failed marriages of Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Wallace running for president on a Pro-Stalin campaign, Edsel (enough said!), The Elixir sulfanilamide scandal, …a total of 52 Fails – that startle and make us gasp.Not only is the book entertaining – it is also very instructive. For those familiar with Bill O’Neill’s talent for tickling the brain, this book is a must read – one of his best. For those who are simply looking for solid entertaining reading to while away the hours, welcome to the field expert! Highly recommended – especially during these times… Grady Harp, March 22

Reviewer: Terry L. Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Epic Fails
Review: Very interesting book. Sarah love them episodes I talked about were in my lifetime and I didn't realize before I read this the impact it had on the country. Very educational and quite a conversation piece.

Reviewer: Old Timer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Interesting
Review: It was quite enjoyable. Vast majority of the stories were more interesting than others. I recommend it for a quick and easy read that's just plain fun!

Reviewer: William
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This Is An Interesting Book About Some People's Failures.
Review: While it is great to be successful, we're all human and not infallible. Therefore, there are bound to be some failures. This is an interesting book about some of the failures of some people. Some of the interesting information mentioned in this book include the following information: Before Facebook, there was a social media website called My Space. My Space rejected an offer from Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook to be bought out. As time went on, Facebook overtook My Space beginning in the year of 2008. A lot of people felt that Facebook was easier to use. My Space continued to still exist, but in a relatively lonely way. Lehman Brothers began before the Civil War with Henry and Emmanuel Lehman as co-founders. Lehman Brothers declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the year of 2008. It was claimed that it was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Although the author of this book didn't mention it in this book, some people had investments in Neuberger Berman mutual funds. Neuberger Berman was not subject to the bankruptcy proceedings of its parent company, Lehman Brothers. The fully paid for securities in the Neuberger Berman mutual funds were segregated from the assets of Lehman Brothers and were not available to the general creditors of Lehman Brothers.

Reviewer: Sheryle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Entertaining
Review: Bought as a gift for a history buff, he loves it! Lots of unusual facts.

Reviewer: Josh C
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun book with some interesting facts!
Review: Fun little book full of interesting and weird facts/fails. Both my 12yr old and I enjoy picking something interesting out of it for reading time. Useful info that will change your life, probably not so much. Learning that the US Military in the 1800's experimented with having a Camel Corps division, well, that was something.

Reviewer: Karen Hayes
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not for children
Review: I misjudged age-appropriateness.Gift, receiver's parent returned.

Reviewer: Scott Myles
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good read
Review: Perfect for 8 to 14 year old

Reviewer: Mr. Simon A. Vowles
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Once again, a well written book about mistakes that are so bad they are almost unbelievable. Another hot and well worth buying.

Reviewer: Bandit661
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Another epic book focusing on epic fails. It is well written funny and poignant. A good read on historical fails

Reviewer: Mr C
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I don't do book reviews like you keep seeing, as I find that some give too much of the plot away and I personally hate that, as it makes the book not worth reading. I much prefer to take the authors back cover write up as a review as it can either intrigue you enough to read the book of provide you enough information to make you decide that the book is not for you.My review rules are: The more stars, the more I liked it.If there are too many typos or errors the less stars I giveIf the storyline or plot is poor or contains too many errors, the characters are too weak, the ending lacking something, then the less stars I give.Simple, uncomplicated and to the point without giving anything away.Some of the books I read have been given to me by the author as a pre-release copy and this does not bias my reviews in any way

Reviewer: tomall
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: You had betterwould you believe these,? Youhad better- they are all true!