Book

Death by awful accidents

Call Number

  • J 363.1 GUNA (CEN, EAS)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis, MN : Bearport Publishing Company, [2022]

Physical Description

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Audience

Grades 4-6 Bearport Publishing Company.

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"--

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
  • Timeline of deaths.

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