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They Went That-A-Way:  How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died
 
They Went That-A-Way: How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died
Author: Malcolm Forbes

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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780345362506 - ISBN-10: 0345362500
Publication Date: 10/14/1989


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

Book Description:
From the Publisher How we come into the world may be considered routine. How we leave is intensely personal. Whether we depart by choice, chance, of design, our earthly demise is the one thing we can be sure of from the moment of birth. Gathered together in this unique volume by Malcolm Forbes--whose own environment in life was legendary--are the extraordinary accounts of the final exits of 175 well-known figures spanning the past 3,000 years. From Attila the Hun, the fierce barbarian who was felled by a bloody nose, to John Jacob Astor IV, the multimillionaire who courageously went down with the Titanic, to George Washington, who survived the Revolution but surrendered to the common cold, this one-of-a-kind dictionary probes the actual circumstances surrounding the deaths of actor, political, heroes, musicians, philosophers, superstars, authors, and unforgettable personalities alike.

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Please Rate these Book Reviews

Emma C. (palamas) wrote on 3/14/2007...


compelling collection of stories of how 175 famous people exited this world

Aimee S. (Ariadnae) wrote on 3/2/2007...


fascinating book!

Bobbie L. (nascargal) wrote on 9/4/2006...


An interesting book. From the cover...Here, for your entrancement and enlightenment, are the exits made by 175 people famous sometime during the past 3,000 years. From ancient Greece to yesterday's headlines, Malcom Forbes reveals the secrets surrounding the sometimes ironic, sometimes amazing, sometimes touching, sometimes surprisingly appropriate, and somtimes hilarious demises of people we thought we knew everything about.

Kimberly S. (kimbo) wrote on 1/23/2006...


Great, great book of useless knowledge of how someone famous died.

Craig W. (Rumpelstiltskin) - Stone Mtn, GA wrote on 1/4/2006...


How the famous, the infamous and the great died. Includes: Lenny Bruce, Catherine The Great, Glenn Miller, Jim Morisson, P.T. Barnum and many many more.


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