How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

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Bragg, G. (2011). How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous. NY: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

This book is about several well known historical figures. This book depicts how they lived and most importantly how they died. For example, Albert Einstein died of an aortic aneurysm. It was very interesting how his autopsy revealed that he indeed had a bigger brain than normal. It was also very interesting how his brain ended up in a jar and was kept by pathologist. Another figure that was very  interesting was Edgar Allen Poe. He lived a very sad life from the beginning and up to the end his life.


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