Preface
Chapter 1: Go Fly a Kite—1752
Chapter 2: The Transit of Venus—1769
Chapter 3: A Housewife Spy Completes Her Mission—1777
Chapter 4: Meschianza—1778
Chapter 5: The Doans are Done—1787
Chapter 6: First in Liberty; First in Robbery—1798
Chapter 7: The Riots of 1844—1844
Chapter 8: The Sad Fate of the Swimming Elephants—1847
Chapter 9: A Man Invents His Killer—1867
Chapter 10: The Autopsy of Chang and Eng—1874
Chapter 11: The Great Exposition—1876
Chapter 12: A Runaway Kid—1892
Chapter 13: Mummer's Parade—1901
Chapter 14: A Sticky Situation—1928
Chapter 15: The 1929 Athletics—1929
Chapter 16: Monopoly, A Game of Big Money—1936
Chapter 17: ENIAC, The First Electronic Digital Computer—1947
Chapter 18: A Miracle—1949
Chapter 19: American Bandstand—1957
Chapter 20: Wilt's 100—1962
Chapter 21: The Snowball Santa Incident—1968
Chapter 22: An Elusive Killer—1976
Chapter 23: Million Dollar Mania—1981
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