Dreadful fates : what a shocking way to go! / written by Tracey Turner ; illustrated by Sally Kindberg

Author: Turner, Tracey
Published: Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Physical Description: 109 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Kindberg, Sally

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: Squashed, Bashed, Speared and Tripped -- Dying of Laughter -- Bits and Pieces -- Fatal Food -- Animal Encounters -- Unusual Funerals and Curious Coffins -- Died in Action -- Murders and Executions -- Life After Death -- Fatal Mistakes -- Ironic Fates -- Last Words and Epitaphs.

Summary

Take a tour of the strangest deaths in the world. Who died by tripping over his own beard? Why can blowing bubbles be deadly? What are some of the most famous last words? Be warned... one strange way to go is dying of laughter!

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ISBN

9781554536443
1554536448

Note

Includes index.

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