How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

Bragg, G. (2011). How they croaked: The awful ends of the awfully famous. NY: Walker.

About this book

How they Croaked is a very interesting look into the history of very famous people. I learned several things I did not know before reading this book. I did not know that King Tut was believed to be murdered. I did not know that Caesar and Cleopatra had a child together. I did not realize George Washington died from an infection in his mouth. I also learned a lot of interesting facts at the end of each persons story, a little bit of trivia about the individual and their life.

Nonfiction Evaluation Criteria

The Organization of this book is nicely done. It is set up like a short stories book, but with nonfiction content. The table of contents list the people who are discussed in the book. The order of the people in the book are sequential by year of their death. The layout is the same for each person. A hand drawn picture of the person, a headstone with date and place of birth and death, the story of their death, and then lastly a section on weird facts associated with that persons life. At the back of the book a thorough list of sources is available for validating the content in the book by person, plus an index is available.