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How they croaked : the awful ends of the awfully famous / Georgia Bragg ; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.

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

Summary:

A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802798176
  • ISBN: 0802798179
  • ISBN: 9780802727947
  • ISBN: 0802727948
  • ISBN: 9780802798183
  • ISBN: 0802798187
  • ISBN: 9780545486330
  • ISBN: 0545486335
  • ISBN: 9780606261371
  • ISBN: 0606261370
  • Physical Description: 184 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Walker & Co., 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Art created with Black Micron 005 by Pigma on layout paper"--P. facing title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-179) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
King Tut -- Julius Caesar -- Cleopatra -- Christopher Columbus -- Henry VIII -- Elizabeth I -- Pocahontas -- Galileo Galilei -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Marie Antoinette -- George Washington -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- Ludwig Van Beethoven -- Edgar Allan Poe -- Charles Dickens -- James A. Garfield -- Charles Darwin -- Marie Curie -- Albert Einstein -- One more thing.
Target Audience Note:
950L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 4 144939.
Subject:
Celebrities > Death > Juvenile literature.
Death > History > Juvenile literature.
Biography > Juvenile literature.
Celebrities > Juvenile literature.
Death > Juvenile literature.
Celebrities.
Death.
Celebrities > Death.
Death > History.
Genre:
Biographies.

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