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Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts
Jumbo's Hide Elvis's Ride and the Tooth of Buddha More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifacts Author:Harvey Rachlin Following on his acclaimed Lucy's Bones, Sacred Stones, and Einstein's Brain, the insatiably curious Harvey Rachlin tells the fascinating and often hilarious tales of forty more historical artifacts, ranging from the obscure to the majestic. Each of these objects is a tangible piece of history with its own story to tell, a story that opens a win... more »dow to the past, giving us a glimpse into the time from which it came and the people whose lives it affected. After three blockbuster specials in 1998, History's Lost and Found, based on Rachlin's writing, premiered on the History Channel as a weekly prime-time show in October 1999 and immediately took off. The show is scheduled to air daily in October 2000. Whether tracing the path of the four existing original copies of the Magna Carta or recounting the mad police search to recover Marilyn Monroe's white dress from The Seven Year Itch, Rachlin presents a wonderfully diverse range of tales of historical artifacts.« less