02168cam a2200337 i 4500 532116688 TxAuBib 880907s1989||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 88043205 9780394565415 039456541X (OCoLC)19555900 DLC eng DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP YVO TTS OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO TxAuBib rda Barry, Dave. Dave Barry slept here. Dave Barry slept here / Dave Barry. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 1989. xi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Cover title: A sort of history of the United States. Introduction -- Deflowering a virgin continent -- Spain gets hot -- England starts some fun colonies -- The colonies develop a life-style -- The birthing contractions of a nation -- Kicking some British butt -- The forging of a large, wasteful bureaucracy -- A brash young nation gets into wars and stuff -- Barging westward -- The Civil War : a nation pokes itself in the eyeball -- The nation enters Chapter Eleven -- Groping toward empire -- Deep international doo-doo -- A nation gets funky -- Severe economic bummerhood -- Major nonhumorous events occur -- International tension city -- The fifties : peace, prosperity, brain death -- The sixties : a nation gets high and has amazing insights, many of which later turn out to seem kind of stupid -- The seventies : a relieved nation learns that it does not actually need a president -- The Reagan-Bush years : napping toward glory. Barry's humorous account of our country's history includes the dull parts and discussion questions. United States History Humor. United States. History. Humor. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0904/88043205-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0412/88043205.html Publisher description