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What a Way to Go: Fabulous Funerals of the Famous and Infamous

Categorie	Algemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer	#368741-AE25
Titel	What a Way to Go: Fabulous Funerals of the Famous and Infamous
Auteur	Brown, Adele
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books
Jaar van uitgave	2002
ISBN10	081182750X
ISBN13	9780811827508
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, oblong (circa 26x20cm).
Samenvatting	A&E Biography meets Tales from the Crypt in this fun but respectful survey of the amazing lives and astonishing funerals of two dozen twentieth-century icons from politics, art, and pop culture. In more than 50 rare photographs and thoroughly researched profiles, What a Way to Go showcases all the colorful details of each subject's death, funeral service, and burial. From Muppet creator Jim Henson's upbeat service, attended by Big Bird, to Babe Ruth lying in state at Yankee Stadium as vendors sold hot dogs to waiting mourners--it's all here, the moving and the macabre. JFK, Notorious B. I. G., Elvis Presley, Chairman Mao, Eva Peron, the Ayatollah Khomeini, and many more find fitting tribute in this compulsively readable, visually lavish, richly entertaining celebration of our enduring ... (Lees verder)fascination with the famous and the strange pageantry of their demise.
Pagina's	182
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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