Bringing historical events to life with its laugh-out-loud commentary and striking illustrations, BADASS chronicles the asskicking age of antiquity to the fearless modern era in chapters that include the stories of:
•RAMSES II (The greatest of the Egyptian Pharaohs - “Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!”)•ALEXANDER THE GREAT (Macedonian King conquered the entire known world before his thirty-third birthday)
•WOLF THE QUARRELSOME (Mysterious barbarian leader only appears in history twice - and both times he’s kicking someone’s ass)
•BLACKBEARD (Many sailors believed this fearsome cutthroat was the Devil Incarnate - they may have been right)
•BRUCE LEE (The legendary martial arts master honed his body to become the ultimate killing machine)
From Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan to Henry Lincoln Johnson and George S. Patton, this relentless onslaught of badassitude is guaranteed to get you so pumped up that you will want to quit your crap job, smash your office desk into splinters with your forehead and start a new career as a professional asskicker.
About the Author:
Ben Thompson graduated cum laude from the Honors Program at Florida State University with degrees in History and Political Science. Even though he has never flown a jetpack over the Atlantic Ocean, shot a Nazi tank officer with a howitzer, or punched someone so hard that their head exploded, he is still considered by many to be the Internet’s foremost expert on badassitude.
