How They Croaked
The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
By Georgia Bragg and Illustrated by Kevin O' Malley C 2011
Walker and Company - New York
Reading about George Washington (his bad teeth finally killed him) or Marie Antoinette (she apologized for accidentally stepping on the foot of her executioner before he beheaded her), was odd fun, though mostly I thought this book was gross.
But I have to share with you a list on page 73 that made me realize how TRULY IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT THROW THINGS YOU MAY NEED SOMEDAY OUT!
"OUT WITH THE GARBAGE"
* Mozart's widow, Constanze, threw away many of Mozart's unfinished musical compositions.
* Beethoven's secretary threw out 260 of the 400 conversation books Beethoven wrote in to communicate with people.
* George and Martha Washington threw away all their love letters to each other.
* Christopher Columbus's family sold off all his maps and charts.
