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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
500 Horrible Ways to Die in Georgia: A Collection of Grim, Grisly, Gruesome, Ghastly, Gory, Grotesque, Lurid, Terrible, Tragic, Bizarre, and Sensation

500 Horrible Ways to Die in Georgia: A Collection of Grim, Grisly, Gruesome, Ghastly, Gory, Grotesque, Lurid, Terrible, Tragic, Bizarre, and Sensation

Johnson, A. Stephen

Paperback

Regional: SouthTrue Crime

ISBN10: 1665302747
ISBN13: 9781665302746
Publisher: Pomelo & Co
Published: Jan 19 2022
Pages: 364
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

How did your ancestors die?


Before 1920, most people didn't live to a ripe old age. And many didn't die in bed. In fact, some died suddenly, in unusual ways and odd places. Your ancestors might have been struck by lightning, blown to bits in a steamboat explosion, run over by a train, burned to death, murdered, or cut in half by a sawmill. Or they might have blown their brains out with a pistol, taken poison, or drowned. Deadly diseases like typhoid and tuberculosis were common; infections from injuries could be fatal, and medical care was minimal. Our ancestors had to contend with hazards like severe weather, obstinate farm animals, fires, machinery, explosives-life was not easy. They had to adjust to rapid technological development brought by the Industrial

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