Albert Jack

ABOUT THE AUTHORAlbert Jack is a writer and historian. His first book Red Herrings and White Elephants explored the origins of well-known idioms and phrases and became an international best-seller in 2004. It was serialized in the Sunday Times and remained on their best-seller list for sixteen straight months. He followed this up with a series of other books including Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep, Pop Goes the Weasel and What Caesar did for my Salad.Fascinated by discovering the truth behind the world's great stories, Albert has become an expert at explaining the unexplained, enriching millions of dinner table conversations and ending bar room quarrels the world over. He is now a veteran of hundreds of live television shows and thousands of radio programs worldwide. Albert lives somewhere between Guildford in England and Cape Town in South Africa.OTHER BOOKS BY ALBERT JACKRED HERRINGS AND WHITE ELEPHANTSSHAGGY DOGS AND BLACK SHEEPPHANTOM HITCHHIKERSLOCH NESS MONSTERS AND OTHER MYSTERIES SOLVEDPOP GOES THE WEASELTHE OLD DOG AND DUCKWHAT CAESAR DID FOR MY SALADBLACK SHEEP & LAME DUCKSIT'S A WONDERFUL WORDMONEY FOR OLD ROPE - PART 1MONEY FOR OLD ROPE - PART 2THE JAM: SOUNDS FROM THE STREETSHED DEBT & START LIVING LIFEWANT TO BE A WRITER? THEN DO IT PROPERLY