![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Antibiotics would have saved George Washington at that time. Image: Courtesy of Georgia Braggīragg says several times in the book that modern treatments could have prevented some of the terrible deaths that she chronicles. ![]() Georgia Bragg is the author of the middle-grade novel Matisse on the Loose. We might as well meet them where their interests are and it might get them more interested in history and other parts about these famous people's lives." When asked whether "little kids" have the appetites to read about disgusting deaths, Bragg says, "My target audience is around 10 to 12 to older. One's first reaction when reading it - as was the case with Weekend Edition host Linda Wertheimer - tends to be, "gross!" But as Wertheimer says, "Perhaps that's the point of this delightful and disgusting sliver of history." She spoke with Bragg about her macabre collection and why we can't look away when it comes to famous deaths.īragg opens the book with a warning: "If you don't have the guts for gore, do not read this book." Of course, it is not a book for the fainthearted. Author Georgia Bragg has gathered the gory stories behind the last days of 19 famous figures, all in one cleverly illustrated book. How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous is a new book we really needed. ![]()
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