From the straight-faced introduction and through approximately 150 mock newspaper front pages dated from 01/01/1900 through 01/01/2000, the Onion's comic geniuses demystify, debunk and demythologize real and surreal events and people. This is a book that can be browsed through many times; you'll always find some new detail to make you laugh or an insight that takes your breath away. Every detail, from headlines to advertisements, is hilarious:

04/13/1916 -- Cubist Regiment Decimated -- skewed perspective, lack of depth prove liability as non-linear soldiers are mercilessly cut down

07/20/1925 -- Scopes Monkey Trial Raises Troubling Question: Is Science Being Taught in Our Schools?

01/22/1990 -- Berlin Wall Destroyed in Doritos-Sponsored Super Bowl Halftime Spectacular

01/10/1998 -- Educators Praised As U.S. Kids Lead World in Schoolyard Shooting Accuracy

Many items are inspired one-liners, but a number enjoy lengthy front page stories that sustain the mood and the level of comedy. Ads, announcements, tv and radio schedules, cartoons and graphics are equally enjoyable. Count how many times Lady Liberty is ravaged by heathen outsiders!

A minor complaint: The only thing that would have made this book more enjoyable is an index so you could find your favorite targets more easily, but the writers have brought me so much laughter I could forgive them anything. A gentle warning: Don't leave this in the loo or you will never get in there!

Splendid. Righteous. Brilliant.

This is one of the best humor books ever written. Period.

I love Onion and this kind of humor.

I am not a native English speaker so it took more time to read it completely but it really worth the effort.

Specially because the first part most of news include old English words or expressions from that era. Really good to increase my vocabulary.

Book contain tons of US cultural references but that's great because make me read the actual event.

The way this books was made is marvelous, the typography, old newspaper styles, pictures, drawings, wow! Amazing!

You can see al the effort put by the Onion Team to craft this jewel.

Definitively give it a try!

The articles are typically National Lampoon hilarious. The print is impossibly tiny to read without a magnifying glass. This makes browsing tedious

This book is a classic and hilarious.

My favorite parts were the early 1900's and up to about WWII. With the benefit of knowing how it all ends, the Onion is able create headlines about Hitler and the British and French which are totally false but are probably what the thinking was at the time.

I love the part where Charlie McCarthy and his puppet urged American kids to committ suicide and 75,000 did so.

The Onion rips the racist mentality of the early 1900's by overtly promoting the racist attitudes of the country. Of course back then you weren't considered a racist if you held some of those beliefs, but times have changed. The Onion has a hold on what public consensus was during the past and uses that knowledge to create hilarious stories.

I recommend this book for anyone with a knowledge of history or for anyone wanting to learn.

This book has provided many hours of entertainment. It's a good book just to turn to a random page and start reading. This book is good for when you only intend to read for a few minutes. Each page is a different fictitious front page of a newspaper. The Onion mixes historical fact with their own wit and humor that we have all come to love. Be warned though, there is profanity and strong subject matter in some of the stories. Sensitive people should steer clear of publications from The Onion. To see if the humor of The Onion is right for you check out the stories on their website. Those stories are a good representation of the type of humor in this book.

I wish I was as good with words as these folks are...then maybe I could accurately describe how flat-out hilarious they are. On every page of this fictionalized account of major 20th Century news events there is something that makes me laugh till I cry. Amazing humor. Each page is presented as newsprint from the past decades. Be advised if you're easily offended that this book slaughters sacred cows right and left. But you'll likely laugh even after you get offended.

Sometimes, the world is just so [redacted], all you can do is laugh. Like, till your abs hurt and you can barely breathe, much less speak coherently through the tears. Your history collection will be delighted to receive this crystalline tome.

So funny!

Product looks genuine and good .

The book is in great condition, and arrived as promised. I will definitely buy from this seller again!

This book is hilarious but the paper is too thin and the print feels somewhat cheap. I regret not spending the extra for the hardcover version.

I just want to highlight the production dimensions:

Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.6 x 2.8 cm

This will fit in your palm.

News articles that are re-written in stupid ways. Stupid,Stupid and Stupid. Not much more to say about this book. Idiotism.