How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous
Titre:
How they choked : failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous
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Sommaire:
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.
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2014
Description matérielle:
vi, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Table des matières:
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).
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Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780545776776
Informations de publication:
New York : Scholastic Inc., [2014]
