Title:
Corpse talk. Groundbreaking women / by Adam and Lisa Murphy.
ISBN:
9780744023572
9781465499776
9781725497504
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Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : DK, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
128 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Hatshepsut, pharaoh, 1507-1458 BCE -- Hypatia, mathematician & philosopher, 360s-415 -- Irene of Athens, empress of Byzantium, 752-803 -- Khutulun, wrestling princess, 1260s-1300s -- Joan of Arc, saint, 1412-1431 -- Elizabeth I, queen of England, 1533-1603 -- Julie D'Aubigny, swashbuckler, 1670-1707 -- Granny Nanny, resistance fighter, 1686-1755 -- Jane Austen, novelist, 1775-1817 -- Ching Shih, pirate queen, 1775-1844 -- Princess Caraboo, con artist, 1791-1864 -- Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, 1822-1913 -- Emily Davison, suffragette, 1872-1913 -- Nellie Bly, journalist, 1864-1922 -- Amy Johnson, aviator, 1903-1941 -- Anne Frank, diarist, 1929-1945 -- Josephine Baker, entertainer, 1906-1975.
Summary:
"Interviews with astonishing women from history! How did Elizabeth I smash the Spanish Armada? How did Anne Frank's diary help her deal with despair? Was Ching Shih the world's coolest pirate queen? Uncover all this and more in Corpse Talk, the hilarious and mind-expanding chat show that brings famous corpses back to life!"--Cover page 4.
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OCLC Number:
on1182537219
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