Famous First Facts: A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American History

by Joseph Nathan Kane, Janet Podell, Steven Anzovin

Provides an alphabetical listing of American firsts, from the first abdominal operation to the first zoo with twilight conditions

Genres: Reference, History

1152 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

Reviews

[Nayden Kostov]

I am not impartial, because I simply love seemingly useless trivia. This one was easy to read and quite informative!

[Peter]

This is the 1975 edition. Can't be out-of-date, of course, cause they still would have been first.