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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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