Dreadful fates
Subtitle: what a shocking way to go!
By: written by Tracey Turner ; illustrated by Sally Kindberg
Contributors: Kindberg, Sally
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781554536443
Subjects: Death; Juvenile literature; Accidents; History
Description: Take a tour of the strangest deaths in the world.  Who died by tripping over his own beard?  Why can blowing bubbles be deadly?  What are some of the most famous last words?  Be warned... one strange way to go is dying of laughter!
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Squashed, bashed , speared and tripped; title: Dying of laughter; title: Bits and pieces; title: Fatal food; title: Animal encounters; title: Unusual funerals and curious coffins; title: Died in action; title: Murders and executions; title: Life after death; title: Fatal mistakes; title: Iroinic fates; title: Last words and epitaphs.