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Submitted by Van on Fri, 07/22/2005 - 2:27pm

The Year of the Year in Non-fiction Book Titles

After a spell when John Doe: a Biography seemed the favorite form for titles, this year the trend is to use a year as the title with a descriptive subtitle.

1066: the Hidden History in the Bayeau Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford

1453: the Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

1759: the Year Britain Became Master of the World by Frank McLynn

1776 by David G. McCullough

1812: the War That Forged a Nation by Walter R. Borneman

1942: the Year That Tried Men’s Souls by Winston Groom

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