Bahrain is a tiny island in the Persian gulf. Up until the early 1930s, it’s main exports were palm oil and pearls.
The Unimportance of the Letter “E”
Written in 1939 by Ernest Vincent Wright, “Gadsby” (not to be confused with The Great Gatsby) is a rather boring novel about a man organizing a group of young people to save his dying town. Despite the novel’s dull content, a first edition is now worth over $4,000. Its value stems from the fact that out of the over 50,000 …
Eddie Rickenbacker: Flying ace, race car driver and survivor
Eddie Rickenbacker’s life (1890-1973) reads like a work of unbelievable fiction. Born to Swiss immigrants, he grew up in Columbus, Ohio. Before World War 1 he was a professional race car driver.