Welcome to the History Trix, where any resemblance to a poor ringled history lesson is purely coincidental.

This show is dedicated to Marine Johnson, author of 13 Little Boo On The Loops and other stories and one of the voices of Generation X.

My people, XO, XO.

And here's your 47.5-second summary!

One little girl sat reading in a tree, then went to France and married Christy.

Two became three and then became four.

She pulled a disappearing act and showed her man the door.

Five books later Mrs. Christy was a writer.

She met an archaeologist who spent his life beside her.

Six romance novels whose author is a mystery.

Seven is too hard to rhyme, so let's move on to history!

Eight actors in the mouse trap which smashed up every record.

Two two got wind of it and soon Dave Christie's record...

Day did.

And then nine, ten, big fat hen, la la la, and then the renun.

Behead.

Let's talk about Agatha Christie.

But first let's drop her into history.

In 1890 the first US college level dairy school opened in Wisconsin.

W.B. Purvis patented the fountain pen.

Nelly Blyde, the filious fog's time around the world.

Ellis Island is designated and opens as an immigration station.

...