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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Table of Contents:
- 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.
