How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous /: failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Georgia Bragg ; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.
• Other Names: Bragg, Georgia; O'Malley, Kevin 1961- illustrator.
• 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).
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 920; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage); History -- Errors, inventions, etc -- Juvenile literature; Celebrities -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature; Decision making -- Juvenile literature; Celebrities; History -- Errors, inventions, etc; Celebrities; Decision making; Famous Persons; Histoire -- Erreurs, inventions, etc -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Célébrités -- Morale pratique -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Prise de décision -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Célébrités; Celebrities; Celebrities -- Conduct of life; Decision making; History -- Errors, inventions, etc; Celebrities -- Conduct of life; Decision making; Errors; History; People & places (Children's / Teenage); Juvenile Nonfiction -- Biography & Autobiography -- Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction -- People & Places -- General; Children's / Teenage: general non-fiction; Anecdotes; Young adult literature; Anecdotes; Children's nonfiction; Literature; Juvenile works; Literature; Anecdotes; Anecdotes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781547614523; 1547614528
• Related ISBNs: 9781681192161
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.