{"product_id":"9781402781520","title":"Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories that history forgot…but readers will remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The only thing new in the world,” said Harry S. Truman, “is the history you don't know.” In this fresh and fascinating collection of historical vignettes, Martin W. Sandler (author of \u003ci\u003eResolute\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e) restores to memory important events, people, and developments that have been lost to time.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough barely known today, these are major historical stories, from\u003ci\u003e Ziryab\u003c\/i\u003e, an eighth-century black slave whose influence on music, cuisine, fashion, and manners still reverberates, to \u003ci\u003eCahokia\u003c\/i\u003e, a 12th century city north of the Rio Grande, which at its zenith contained a population estimated to have been as high as 40,000 (more than any contemporary European city), to the worst peacetime maritime disaster ever, the explosion and sinking of the \u003ci\u003eSultana\u003c\/i\u003e on the Mississippi in 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese tales are far from trivia; they illuminate little-known American and foreign achievements, ingenuity, heroics, blunders, and tragedies that changed the course of history and resonate today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125697954032,"sku":"9781402781520","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781402781520_p0.jpg?v=1769894344","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781402781520","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}