Reader’s Digest Strange Stories, Amazing Facts of America’s Past Uncanny, astonishing, intriguing, inspiring, hair-raising, amusing. Hardback hard cover book 416 pages Copyright 1989 Excellent conversation starter! Dust jacket torn in front (see pic) No other signs of use. From the inside flap: This is America at its best — more than 600 true story straight out of our past, stories that are as gripping as a whodunit, as fast paced as a spy chase, as atmospheric as a historical novel. Only Reader’s Digest, could delve into history, and come up with all-American entertainment like this.