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Also by Kevin O'Malley:

How They Croaked, March 2011
Hardcover
Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share, September 2007
Hardcover

Also by Georgia Bragg:

How They Croaked, March 2011
Hardcover

HOW THEY CROAKED
By: Kevin O'Malley, Georgia Bragg

The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

Walker Books for Young Readers
March 2011
On Sale: March 15, 2011
192 pages
ISBN: 0802798179
EAN: 9780802798176
Hardcover
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Humor

Over the course of history men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess-especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. How They Croaked relays all the gory details of how nineteen world figures gave up the ghost. For example:

It is believed that Henry VIII's remains exploded within his coffin while lying in state. Doctors "treated" George Washington by draining almost 80 ounces of blood before he finally kicked the bucket. Right before Beethoven wrote his last notes, doctors drilled a hole in his stomach without any pain medication. Readers will be interested well past the final curtain, and feel lucky to live in a world with painkillers, X-rays, soap, and 911.

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