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How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous / by Georgia Bragg ; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.

Bragg, Georgia, (author.). O'Malley, Kevin, 1961- (illustrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802734884
  • ISBN: 080273488X
  • ISBN: 9780802734891
  • ISBN: 0802734898
  • ISBN: 9781681192161
  • ISBN: 1681192160
  • ISBN: 9780545776776
  • Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury/Walker, [2014].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Marco Polo: where on earth was Marco Polo? -- Queen Isabella of Spain: omg -- King Montezuma II: oops, there go the Aztecs -- Ferdinand Magellan: dead in the water -- Anne Boleyn: till beheading do us part -- Isaac Newton: the law's in town -- Benedict Arnold: stinker, traitor, soldier, spy -- Susan B. Anthony: voter revolt -- George Armstrong Custer: dressed to kill -- Thomas Alva Edison: shock and awful -- Vincent Van Gogh: least likely to succeed -- J. Bruce Ismay: first-class coward -- Joseph Jefferson Jackson ("Shoeless Joe"): game over -- Amelia M. Earhart: winging it.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10-14.
1010L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.2 6 169594.
Subject:
History > Errors, inventions, etc.
Celebrities > Conduct of life.
Decision making.

Available copies

  • 28 of 30 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 30 total copies.
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