How they choked failures, flops, and flaws of the awfully famous

"Successful 'failures' include: Marco Polo ; Isabella of Castile ; Montezuma II ; Ferdinand Magellan ; Anne Boleyn ; Isaac Newton ; Benedict Arnold ; Susan B. Anthony ; George Armstrong Custer ; Thomas Alvda Edison ; Vincent Van Gogh ; J. Brucy Ismay ; Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson ; Ameli...

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Main Author: Bragg, Georgia
Other Authors: O'Malley, Kevin, 1961- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury/Walker, 2014.
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505 0 |a Marco Polo: where on earth was Marco Polo? -- Queen Isabella of Spain: omg -- King Montezuma II: oops, there go the Aztecs -- Ferdinand Magellan: dead in the water -- Anne Boleyn: till beheading do us part -- Isaac Newton: the law's in town -- Benedict Arnold: stinker, traitor, soldier, spy -- Susan B. Anthony: voter revolt -- George Armstrong Custer: dressed to kill -- Thomas Alva Edison: shock and awful -- Vincent Van Gogh: least likely to succeed -- J. Bruce Ismay: first-class coward -- Joseph Jefferson Jackson ("Shoeless Joe"): game over -- Amelia M. Earhart: winging it. 
520 0 |a "Successful 'failures' include: Marco Polo ; Isabella of Castile ; Montezuma II ; Ferdinand Magellan ; Anne Boleyn ; Isaac Newton ; Benedict Arnold ; Susan B. Anthony ; George Armstrong Custer ; Thomas Alvda Edison ; Vincent Van Gogh ; J. Brucy Ismay ; Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson ; Amelia M. Earhart."--Back cover. 
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