Research Catalog

Title

Coincidentally / George William Rutler.

Author

Rutler, George W. (George William)

Publication

New York : Crossroad Book, [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Description

xxix, 222 pages : illustrations, maps; 20 cm

Summary

"From Roswell, The Da Vinci Code, and 23 to E Pluribus Unum and the pyramid on the back of every dollar bill, we all are fascinated by secrets, coincidences, and connections. George Rutler - EWTN speaker, Crisis magazine columnist, and reigning Catholic wit - offers his reflections antiquarian and contrarian on the links that connect the most far-flung parts of our world. Along the way, we learn that Princess Diana was not the first Lady Diana Spencer, nor Mike Tyson the first ear nibbler."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Curiosities and wonders > Anecdotes
• Coincidence > Anecdotes
• Biography > Anecdotes
• History > Anecdotes

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

1. The romance of Wales -- 2. Love for Minnehaha -- 3. Such great names as these -- 4. Learning geography -- 5. Of cabbages and kings -- 6. Intestinal fortitude -- 7. Seeking common ground -- 8. A cornucopia of Pharmacopoeia -- 9. Neither up nor down -- 10. My million man speech -- 11. A variety of spirits -- 12. The Roswell incident -- 13. Lend an ear -- 14. The cradles of 1809 -- 15. We band of brothers -- 16. The time of the singing of birds -- 17. All gas and gaiters -- 18. A cavalcade of Georges -- 19. Names proper and improper -- 20. Egg to apples -- 21. East meets west -- 22. The Yankees and Wagner -- 23. Keeping time -- 24. For whom the bell tolls -- 25. The madness of many -- 26. Before incunabula -- 27. The savage breast soothed -- 28. Noble thoughts -- 29. A nation mourns -- 30. Detachment -- 31. A terrible swift sword -- 32. Great minds thinking alike -- 33. Down to the sea in ships -- 34. A more delightful vision -- 35. Old boney -- 36. When the curtain falls -- 37. More varieties of religious experience -- 38. A bridge to the future -- 39. Heirs to the hairless -- 40. Taking flight -- 41. Arma Virumque -- 42. Medicine on the March -- 43. Moses and the Muses -- 44. Malicious animal magnetism -- 45. The happy farmer -- 46. All in harmony -- 47. Arts and sciences -- 48. Table talk -- 49. A song of India -- 50. Potpourri.

ISBN

• 9780824524401 (alk. paper)
• 0824524403 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2007006725

OCLC

• OCM85622927
• 85622927
• SCSB-5356439

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries