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History -- Errors, inventions, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Celebrities -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Decision making -- Juvenile literature.
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Bragg, Georgia.
History -- Errors, inventions, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Celebrities -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Decision making -- Juvenile literature.
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How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous / Georgia Bragg ; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.
by
Bragg, Georgia.
Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury, c2014.
Call #:
920 B813ho
Subjects
History
--
Errors
,
inventions
,
etc
.
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Celebrities
--
Conduct of life
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Decision making
--
Juvenile
literature
.
ISBN:
9780802734884 (hardcover)
080273488X (hardcover)
9780802734891 (pbk.)
0802734898 (pbk.)
Description:
vi, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
Contents:
Marco Polo: staying alive (1254-1324)
--
Queen Isabella of Spain: omg (1451-1504)
--
King Montezuma II: oops, there go the Aztecs (1466-1520)
--
Ferdinand Magellan: dead in the water
--
Anne Boleyn: fatal attractions (1501-1536)
--
Isaac Newton: the law's in town (1642-1727)
--
Benedict Arnold: stinker, traitor, soldier, spy (1741-1801)
--
Susan B. Anthony: she had a dream (1820-1906)
--
George Armstrong Custer: dressed to kill (1839-1876)
--
Thomas Alva Edison: shocking inventor (1847-1931)
--
Vincent Van Gogh: least likely to succeed (1853-1890)
--
J. Bruce Ismay: first-class coward (1862-1937)
--
Joseph Jefferson Jackson ("Shoeless Joe"): game over (1887-1951)
--
Amelia M. Earhart: winging it (1897-1937).
Summary:
Presents a humorous look at the flaws and foibles of some of the most famous personalities of
history
, including such figures as Marco Polo, George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Edison, and Amelia Earhart.
Other authors:
O'Malley, Kevin, 1961-
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920 B813ho
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