Stupid History

(This book came as a two-for, in a BC bookray. I'm copying and pasting the review for the sister book as I have the same worries about it.)

Yes, this book was fun, entertaining, and illuminating. But is it true? That seems to be important when you are calling a book history (albeit stupid history). Zero footnotes. Zero citations. Zero info about the author. From where did this book come? Its origins are as murky as my daily e-mail and I can't even check out the stories on scopes.com.