George Washington Is Cash Money: A No-Bullshit Guide to the United Myths of America

by Cory O'Brien, Soren Melville (Illustrator)

Overview

PREPARE TO BE BEAKED BY THE MAJESTIC EAGLE OF HISTORY 

Most of us are familiar with the greatest hits and legendary hero's of US history. In George Washington Is Cash Money, Cory O’Brien, author of Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes, does away with the pomp and circumstance and calls America’s history what it is: one long, violent soap opera. In his signature clever, crude, and cuss-ridden style, O’Brien reminds us that:
 
· Teddy Roosevelt stopped bullets with his manly chest
· Harriet Tubman avoided danger by having prophetic seizures.
· Joseph Smith invented Mormonism by staring into a hat full of rocks.
· Billy the Kid was finally defeated by the smell of fresh bacon.
 
And there’s plenty more Star Spangled stupidity where that came from.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399173486
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/12/2015
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	933,193
Product dimensions:	4.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Cory O’Brien is a word-wizard and technojester of the first degree and the creator of Myths Retold! (BetterMyths.com), as well as the author of Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes and George Washington is Cash Money. He reads and writes mythology, science fiction, and computer code. He has camped with gypsies, juggled for food, and driven across the country in a car powered by vegetable oil. Now he lives in Chicago, where he recently graduated with an MFA in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cory's dream is to one day travel to Mars, or at least to own a jacket made entirely of pockets.

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What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes

“I was giggling by the first page and full blown LOLing by the first myth. It’s really that funny.”
–Electric Feast
 
“It is in fact the not-so-delicate, in-your-face attitude, sarcasm, and black humor that have made this book an instant standout against the other mythology chronicles of its time.”
–The Blue & Gold

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes

“I was giggling by the first page and full blown LOLing by the first myth. It’s really that funny.”
–Electric Feast
 
“It is in fact the not-so-delicate, in-your-face attitude, sarcasm, and black humor that have made this book an instant standout against the other mythology chronicles of its time.”
–The Blue & Gold

From the Publisher