How They Croaked--The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

This gruesome book covers 19 famous people, starting with their
accomplishments and how a case of not having the modern medical advances we sometimes take for granted. For example, the horrific measures they put George Washington through before he eventually died could have been avoided with a simple round of modern day antibiotics. After each person’s entry, ththey became famous and ending with the circumstances surrounding the person's death. Often, it was ere is a more informative section about the times in which the person lived or an aspect related to him/her. I’m not a huge fan of reading non-fiction, but I actually enjoyed the way this information was presented. It was full of sarcasm, which I find appealing