How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous /: failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous /: failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous. (2023)
- Main Title:
- How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous
- 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).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.785993
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