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

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PREPARE TO BE BEAKED BY THE MAJESTIC EAGLE OF HISTORY Most of us are familiar with the greatest hits and legendary heroes 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.

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Praise for Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes

I was giggling by the first page and full blown LOLing by the first myth. Its 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

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Cory O'Brienis a word-wizard and technojester of the first degree and the creator of Myths Retold! (BetterMyths.com), as well as the author ofZeus Grants Stupid WishesandGeorge 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.