The Little Brown Book of Anecdotes Author:Clifto Fadiman "anecdote\an-ik-dot\n: — A usu. short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident" — YOU WILL DISCOVER THESE BIOGRAPHICAL INCIDENTS: — Why Augustus dispaired of his daughter Julia — How Charlemagne invented white wine — Why Hideyoshi gave up on Buddha — What Clara Barton distinctly remembered to forget — Why John Rockefeller never go... more »t his nickel back from pay phone
What King Faisal wore under his robes
YOU WILL FIND THEM INTERESTING:
What Ferenc Molnar said when he saw his first rush hour
AND AMUSING:
What happened at a performance of George Antheil's Ballet mecanique
MOVING:
Charles de Gaulles's observation on the death of his daughter
USEFUL:
How Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree introduced two friends whose names had escaped him
RIDICULOUS:
Yogi Berra's reaction to a check made out to "Bearer"
AND EVEN RIBALD:
Calvin Coolidge's interest in the mating habits of roosters« less