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Legal name: Gregory, Leland H., III
Birthdate: c. 1965
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Education: Middle Tennessee State University (BS|Mass Communications)
Tennessee State University (MS|Political Communications)
Occupations: political consultant
Short biography: Leland Gregory is the New York Times Bestselling author of "Stupid American History" and "America's Dumbest Criminals." He is also author of the National Bestsellers, "The Stupid Crook Book," "What's The Number for 911?" and "Stupid History." Leland is a former writer for Saturday Night Live, has written and sold a screenplay to Disney, optioned a screenplay to Touchstone and has written for a variety of magazines from Readers Digest to Maxim. A tireless promoter, he has made hundreds of radio and television appearances, including multiple appearances on NBC's Today show. Leland lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Idiots at Work: Chronicles of Workplace Stupidity by Leland Gregory

By the author of What's the Number for 911? and What's the Number for 911 Again?, this is a compendium of the genius-level cognition too many of us deal with in the workplace every day. The author (or compiler, I suppose) has an unfortunate tendency to offer bad puns. Nonetheless, this book will cause you to laugh out loud.

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Mark_Feltskog | Dec 23, 2023 |

Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity,… by Leland Gregory

If you like your history with a bit a humor, then this book will fit your fancy. Don’t expect to learn a lot of details from it, and I would suggest further research for any tidbits you are really interested in, but it was interesting and entertaining. It’s a quick read, so you won’t have to invest a lot of time to get a varied slice of a lot of history.

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Maydacat | 35 other reviews | Feb 3, 2022 |

Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity,… by Leland Gregory

This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

The history tidbits were mostly inane and not particularly interesting. Neither my husband, nor I were impressed with this book or its accuracy.

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wphilbrook | 35 other reviews | Jun 5, 2020 |

Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity,… by Leland Gregory

Not even going to bother reading after trying and failing to make it 10 pages into another book of this author's. Life is too short to read bad books.

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AliceAnna | 35 other reviews | Dec 18, 2018 |

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