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Author:

Gunasekara, Mignonne, author.

Title:

Death by awful accidents / by Mignonne Gunasekara.

Publisher:

Bearport Publishing Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Welcome to the disaster zone -_ Bobby Leach -- Daredevil days -- Draco of Athens -- Fan-tastically fatal -- John Sedgwick -- Famous last words -- Li Bai -- Going overboard -- Franz Reichelt -- The flying tailor -- Sophie Blanchard -- The sky's the limit.

Summary:

"Welcome to the disaster zone where awful accidents kill people around the world. Follow along to see how a famous stuntman met his end at the hands (peel) of an orange, a harsh Greek lawmaker was killed by cloaks, and a groundbreaking balloonist died in a freak hot air balloon accident. There's no telling what other disastrous deaths await"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Disastrous deaths

ISBN:

1636911676
9781636911670

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1236896294

LCCN:

2020058665

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

JCPC145 -- Glidden Public Library (Glidden)

DMPC403 -- Montgomery Memorial Library (Jewell)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens)