David Wallechinsky - The Book of Lists

This edition would not have been possible without the many people who worked on previous editions of The Book of Lists , in particular Vicki Baker, Carol Orsag-Madigan, Anita Taylor, Helen Ginsburg, Elizabethe Kempthorne, Judy Knipe, Fern Bryant, Roger Fadness, Lee Clayton and Torene Svitil.

Most of all, we wish to thank the millions of readers who wondered, and the many who asked ‘When is the next Book of Lists coming out?’ We welcome ideas and contributions from our readers for future editions; and thank you all for helping us create a genre that has lasted for three decades, and is more popular than ever.

The authors can be reached at viciousgnu@aol.com

AMY WALLACE is the co-author of four previous volumes of The Book of Lists , as well as several other popular reference books. She also wrote the biography The Prodigy , the novel Desire , and the best-selling memoir Sorcerer’s Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda. Her most recent work is an all-new anniversary edition of her classic, The Psychic Healing Book . She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with her two cats, Hank and Bella.

DAVID WALLECHINSKY is the author of numerous books including The Peoples’ Almanac, David Wallechinsky’s 20th Century: History With the Boring Parts Left Out and The Complete Book of the Olympics. He is also vice-president of the International Society of Olympic Historians.

First published in the United States in 1977 by William Morrow

UK edition first published in Great Britain in 2004 by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE

This digital edition first published by Canongate Books in 2009

Copyright © David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace, 2004

The moral rights of the authors have been asserted

Every effort has been made to gain permission for works quoted, however, the authors will be happy to rectify any omissions in future editions. Please contact them at viciousgnu@aol.com

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library

ISBN 978-1-84767-667-2

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