Rebecca Ferguson - The Handy History Answer Book

Author of the bestselling first edition of the Handy History Answer Book, Rebecca Ferguson helped develop the Handy Answer Book series and a number of books for Visible Ink Press during the last 15 years, including titles on noteworthy legal trials, Hispanic/Latino culture, and the Olympics. She recently contributed to the Britannica Student Encyclopedia, a part of Britannica Online, as well as The Lincoln Library of American History. Her love of history runs deep. History, Rebecca says, teaches us to appreciate the scope of human endeavor and experience.

She lives with her husband and young son near Chicago.

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