It Happened Here First!

Author: Clive Gifford

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  • : 9780753417874
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Kingfisher Books Ltd
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  • : 31 July 2009
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Clive Gifford
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  • : Hardback
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  • : History; Reference; Trivia & curious facts
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Barcode 9780753417874
9780753417874

Description

A sumptuously illustrated world atlas combined with a compendium of fascinating facts. From the quirky and the humorous to the truly ground-breaking, 'It Happened Here First!' is a unique and irresistible pictorial miscellany that celebrates thousands of years of human achievement. It reveals who won the first-ever Air Guitar World Championships, which building was the world's first skyscraper, where the Wright brothers first took to the air, and much more.

Author description

Clive Gifford is an award-winning author who has written hundreds of articles and more than 100 books. For Kingfisher, Clive's titles include The Kingfisher Motorsports Encyclopedia, The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia, Olympics, Kingfisher Knowledge: Spies and The Kingfisher Book of Living Worlds. Clive lives in Manchester, England.