An edition of How they choked
(2014)
How they choked
failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous
by Georgia Bragg
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Presents a humorous look at the flaws and foibles of some of the most famous personalities of history, including such figures as Marco Polo, George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Edison, and Amelia Earhart.
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How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous
2016, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
in English
1484484924 9781484484920
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How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous
Jun 07, 2016, Bloomsbury USA Childrens
paperback
1681192160 9781681192161
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How they choked: failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous
2014, Scholastic Press
in English
0545776775 9780545776776
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Marco Polo: staying alive (1254-1324)
Queen Isabella of Spain: omg (1451-1504)
King Montezuma II: oops, there go the Aztecs (1466-1520)
Ferdinand Magellan: dead in the water
Anne Boleyn: fatal attractions (1501-1536)
Isaac Newton: the law's in town (1642-1727)
Benedict Arnold: stinker, traitor, soldier, spy (1741-1801)
Susan B. Anthony: she had a dream (1820-1906)
George Armstrong Custer: dressed to kill (1839-1876)
Thomas Alva Edison: shocking inventor (1847-1931)
Vincent Van Gogh: least likely to succeed (1853-1890)
J. Bruce Ismay: first-class coward (1862-1937)
Joseph Jefferson Jackson ("Shoeless Joe"): game over (1887-1951)
Amelia M. Earhart: winging it (1897-1937).
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
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