An array of fictional documents that take us behind the headlines of important historical events in Alexandra Petri's "US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)"

Petri is a terrific political satirist and humor columnist for the Washington Post. The fictitious documents run the gamut from “top toys for Puritan parents” and “John and Abigail Adams try Sexting to” Aaron Sorkin’s “Gettysburg Address” and Richard Nixon “Tapes - But Just the Parts Where He’s Yelling at Checkers.”

Throughout the book, Petri demonstrates an impressive command of historical events and the people who comprise our nation’s history and mythology.

An array of fictional documents that take us behind the headlines of important historical events in Alexandra Petri's "<a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324006435">US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up</a>)"
<a href="https://www.alexandrapetri.com/">Petri </a>is a terrific political satirist and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/">humor columnist for the Washington Post</a>. The fictitious documents run the gamut from “top toys for Puritan parents” and “John and Abigail Adams try Sexting to” Aaron Sorkin’s “Gettysburg Address” and Richard Nixon “Tapes - But Just the Parts Where He’s Yelling at Checkers.”
Throughout the book, Petri demonstrates an impressive command of historical events and the people who comprise our nation’s history and mythology.

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