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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Turner, Tracey.     Subjects     Death -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- Causes -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Accidents -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Turner, Tracey.       by title:      Dreadful fates : wha...       by call number:      306.9 T953d     Search the Web     Turner, Tracey.     Death -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.     Death -- Causes -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Accidents -- History -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Dreadful fates : what a shocking way to go! / written by Tracey Turner ; illustrated by Sally Kindberg. by Turner, Tracey. Kids Can Press, c2010. Call #: 306.9 T953d Subjects Death -- Juvenile literature.   Death -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Death -- Anecdotes -- Juvenile literature.   Death -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.   Death -- Causes -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Accidents -- History -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781554536443 (hc.) Description:  109 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Contents:  Squashed, bashed , speared and tripped -- Dying of laughter -- Bits and pieces -- Fatal food -- Animal encounters -- Unusual funerals and curious coffins -- Died in action -- Murders and executions -- Life after death -- Fatal mistakes -- Iroinic fates -- Last words and epitaphs. Summary:  Details some of the most unusual ways by which people all over the world and throughout history have met their untimely end. From grisly murders to unusual funerals, Dreadful Fates provides a gruesome journey through history to present-day instances of figures who have had the misfortune of a dreadful or unusual end. Readers can find out about everything from Aeschylus, the ancient Greek who died when a tortoise fell on his head, and the man who tripped over his own beard, to a countless number who met their end through laughing too much! Take a tour of the strangest deaths in the world. Who died by tripping over his own beard? Why can blowing bubbles be deadly? What are some of the most famous last words? Be warned... one strange way to go is dying of laughter! Other authors:  Kindberg, Sally. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Children's Nonfiction 306.9 T953d Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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