Title:
How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous
Author:
Bragg, Georgia.
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Publication Information:
New York : Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury, [2014]
Physical Description:
vi, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
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).
Reading Level:
1010 Lexile.
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC 6-8 8.6 10 Quiz: 63992.
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ISBN:
9780802734884
9780802734891
Format :
Book
