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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
How They Croaked The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
Author: Georgia Bragg, Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator)
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ISBN-13: 9780802727947
ISBN-10: 0802727948
Publication Date: 7/3/2012
Pages: 192
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Book Type: Paperback
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PrintsS avatar reviewed How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous on + 20 more book reviews
This is a fun read. Judging from vocabulary and sentence structure, it seems aimed at the younger teen reader -- but it's well worth reading. There are unusual historical insights one never sees in a standard history book.
reviewed How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous on
Find out about the famous deaths of: King Tut Julius Caesar Cleopatra Christopher Columbus Henry VIII Elizabeth I Pocahontus Galileo Galilei Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Marie Antoinette George Washingtoin Napoleon Buonaparte Ludwig Van Beethoven Edgar Allan Poe Charles Dickens James A. Garfield Charles Darwin Marie Curie Albert Einstein
jjares avatar reviewed How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous on + 3284 more book reviews
If you have a reluctant reader at your house, this is the book for him or her. This story of the last days of various famous persons is offered with the humor that any 12-year-old would love. I happened to have the opportunity to listen to this and the narrator (L. J. Ganser), added just the right touch to the rapid-fire humor that was sprinkled throughout this book.

I read a great number of biographies and still, I learned new facts about the people covered. They include Julius Ceasar, Pocahontas, Cleopatra, Christopher Columbus, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Galileo, Mozart, Beethoven, Marie Antoinette, George Washington, Napoleon, Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, President James A Garfield, Madame Curie, and Albert Einstein.

If you are listening, this is a great way to spend a bit more than three hours. This book will appeal to kids and adults alike.
jjares avatar reviewed How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous on + 3284 more book reviews
If you have a reluctant reader at your house, this is the book for him or her. This story of the last days of various famous persons is offered with the humor that any 12-year-old would love.  I happened to have the opportunity to listen to this and the narrator (L. J. Ganser), added just the right touch to the rapid-fire humor that was sprinkled throughout this book.

I read a great number of biographies and still, I learned new facts about the people covered.  They include Julius Ceasar, Pocahontas, Cleopatra, Christopher Columbus, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Galileo, Mozart, Beethoven, Marie Antoinette, George Washington, Napoleon,  Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, President James A Garfield, Madame Curie, and Albert Einstein.

If you are listening, this is a great way to spend a bit more than three hours.  This book will appeal to kids and adults alike.