A Millennium Primer, the Old Farmer's Almanac: Timeless Truths and Delifhtful Diversions

by Tim Clark, Old Farmer's Almanac (Editor)

The Old Farmer's Almanac

384 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2003

Reviews

[J.f. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book as a gift, and was initially disappointed when I discovered that it was neither a real almanac nor a sports almanac. I started reading, though, and I found a bunch of articles and stories that I still love to reread to this day. My favorite is the story of why George Washington had to move his birthday from February 11 to the 22nd because of a world-wide change in the calendar. There's also a great article about how the United States moved to standard time in the 1880's, and a relatives chart that tells you what a cousin once removed and a great aunt is.