Alexandra Petri's US History by Alexandra Petri

 

Read the first halfish of this in a coffeeshop yesterday morning, finished it this evening while dinner was cooking. It's a collection of humorous things based on US history (shocking, I'm sure!) and even aside from the obvious comparison to Dave Barry Slept Here, Ms. Petri has the thing Barry has, where the more you know about whatever he's mocking, the funnier the writing gets. Now, obviously different people will have different knowledge levels about different things, so different people will find different things hilarious, here; some of the things that connected to things I know passing well were so funny I could barely breathe. I am not a historian, and I am not reliably capable of intentionally writing funny, but people who appreciate history and funny writing will probably greatly enjoy this book.