How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous - Paperback
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Marco Polo Queen Isabella of Spain Montezuma II Ferdinand Magellan Anne Boleyn Isaac Newton Benedict Arnold Susan B. Anthony George Armstrong Custer Thomas Alva Edison Vincent Van Gogh J. Bruce Ismay "Shoeless Joe" Jackson Amelia M. Earhart
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How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous - Paperback
$14.99
by Georgia Bragg (Author), Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator)
Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes, epic failures even lead to super successes . . . sometimes they become deep dark secrets. But remember-to fail is human, to laugh about our shortcomings divine. From Montezuma II's mistaking a conqueror for a god to Isaac Newton turning from science to alchemy to J. Bruce Ismay's jumping the lifeboat line on the Titanic, How They Choked knocks fourteen famous achievers off their pedestals to reveal the human side of history.
Successful "failures" include:Marco Polo Queen Isabella of Spain Montezuma II Ferdinand Magellan Anne Boleyn Isaac Newton Benedict Arnold Susan B. Anthony George Armstrong Custer Thomas Alva Edison Vincent Van Gogh J. Bruce Ismay "Shoeless Joe" Jackson Amelia M. Earhart
Author Biography
GEORGIA BRAGG is the author of How They Croaked as well as Matisse on the Loose, a middle-grade novel. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two children, and two cats.
www.georgiabragg.com
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Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.75 x 10.6 x 7.06 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 07, 2016
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 6
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