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Cassidy, Cody.
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American wit and humor.
American wit and humor -- 21st century.
Disasters -- History -- Humor.
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Cassidy, Cody.
American wit and humor.
American wit and humor -- 21st century.
Disasters -- History -- Humor.
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How to survive history : how to outrun a Tyrannosaurus, escape Pompeii, get off the Titanic, and survive the rest of history's deadliest catastrophes / Cody Cassidy.
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Cassidy, Cody.
Penguin Books, 2023.
Call #:
818
.6
C345h
Subjects
American wit and humor.
American wit and humor -- 21st century.
Disasters -- History -- Humor.
ISBN:
9780143136408 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
How to outrun a Tyrannosaurus, escape Pompeii, get off the Titanic, and survive the rest of history's deadliest catastrophes
Description:
xii, 212 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Cody Cassidy is the author of Who Ate the First Oyster? and co-author of And Then You’re Dead. His writing has appeared in Wired and Slate, along many other publications. He lives in San Francisco.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"History is the most dangerous place on earth. From dinosaurs the size of locomotives to meteors big enough to sterilize the planet, from famines to pandemics, from tornadoes to the Chicxulub asteroid, the odds of human survival are slim but not zero -- at least, not if you know where to go and what to do. In each chapter of How to Survive History, Cody Cassidy explores how to survive one of history's greatest threats, including: -- Getting eaten by dinosaurs --Being destroyed by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs -- Succumbing to the lava flows of Pompeii -- Falling prey to the Black Death -- Being devoured by the Donner Party --Ddrowning during the sinking of the Titanic. Using hindsight and modern science to estimate everything from how fast you'd need to run to outpace a T.rex to the advantages of different body types in surviving the Donner Party tragedy, Cassidy gives you a detailed battle plan for survival... (...)"--Back cover.
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