"The material in this book was originally published as Unsolved mysteries of American history (1997) and More unsolved mysteries of American history (2004) by J

* Who built Stonehenge? * Why did the pharaohs build the pyramids? * Did Richard III kill the princes in the tower? * Could the Titanic have been saved? * Did H

What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Joe Nickell demonstrates the techniques used in solving some of the world's most perplexing myster

"A lively tour through our past and an ingenious primer in the art of historical detection." --Robert A. Gross, author of The Minutemen and Their World Did Leif

Shares information on different historical mysteries and rumored oddities, including the Bermuda triangle, Bigfoot, and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.