What I think happened
Subtitle: an underresearched history of the western world
By: Evany Rosen
Publisher: Robin's Egg Books, an imprint of Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781551526959
Subjects: Humor; History
Description: "A wickedly funny book in which the author recasts historical events and personalities from her own feminist perspective. What I Think Happened, the debut book by comedian Evany Rosen, is really two books: a savvy, no-holds-barred romp through the history of the western world, and the personal story of a self-described 'failed academic' who recasts historiography from a feminist perspective--albeit an underqualified and overconfident one. In these wide-ranging comic essays, Evany explores numerous historical events and personalities that have had a personal impact on her as she attempts to understand why they've been the object of such fascination, from her unnatural obsession with Napoleon, to her misguided understanding of the Royal Family, to her intrigue over America's dumpiest presidents. Evany's approach to history is to make it personal, which any good historian will tell you is exactly what not to do; but in doing so, and with whimsy and irreverence, she rescues history from the dusty confines of 'intellectually aggressive' men and makes it fun again"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206).