(View entire post here)Albert Jack is our guest blogger during the week of September 28. If you have any questions for Albert Jack, add a comment to any of his posts. Here is some more information about Pop Goes the Weasel:
From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants-a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then what is it really about?
This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them-from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.
About Albert Jack
Albert Jack's Red Herrings and White Elephants was a huge international hit and was on the bestsellers list for six months. His second, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep was another success: selling over 70,000 copies. He is also the author of That's Bollocks! (all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends as told in Jack's inimitable style) and Albert Jack's Ten-Minute Mysteries.
Pop Goes the Weasel
Albert Jack - Author
Book: Paperback | 4.72 x 7.99in | 272 pages | ISBN 9780399535550 | 29 Sep 2009 | Perigee | 18 - AND UP
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Albert Jack, Pop Goes the Weasel, nursey rhymes, secret meanings
