Alexandra Petri’s US History Audiobook Libro.fm

A witty absurdist satire of the last 500 years Alexandra Petris US History is the fake textbook you never knew you needed

Alexandra Petris US History contains a lost invented history of America A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren G Harding Petris historical fan fiction draws on real events and completely absurd fabrications to create a laughoutloud irreverent takedown of our nations complicated past

On Petris deranged timeline John and Abigail Adams try sexting the March sisters from Little Women are sixty feet tall and Susan Sontag goes to summer camp Nearly eighty short hilarious pieces span centuries of American history and culture Nikola Teslas friends stage an intervention when he falls in love with a pigeon The characters from Sesame Street invade Normandy And Mark Twainwho famously said reports of his death had been greatly exaggeratedoffers a detailed account of his undeath in which he becomes a zombie

This sidesplitting work of historical humor shows why Alexandra Petri has been hailed as a genius a national treasure and one of the funniest writers alive