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"Have you ever tried to skydive from thousands of feet in the air, or free climb a twenty-story building with nothing but your bare hands? Well, these daredevils have! Read all the elaborate (and gory!) details of the most dangerous stunts of all time carried out by the 20 biggest risk takers t...
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Scholastic,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Have you ever tried to skydive from thousands of feet in the air, or free climb a twenty-story building with nothing but your bare hands? Well, these daredevils have! Read all the elaborate (and gory!) details of the most dangerous stunts of all time carried out by the 20 biggest risk takers to ever exist. Melvin and Gilda Berger deliver a thrilling introduction to each of these daredevils, including a short biography, breakdowns of that person's most death-defying stunts, jokes, and more. Readers will even learn the science behind some of these shocking feats! The countdown to number one i |
| Carrier Form: | 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Audience: |
Grades 4-6. Ages 7-10. |
| ISBN: |
9781338253375 1338253379 |
| Index Number: | GV1839 |
| CLC: | K818.9 |
| Call Number: | K818.9/B496 |
| Contents: | #20 Mabel Stark -- #19 Kitty O'Neil -- #18 Rebecca Rusch -- #17 Annie Taylor -- #16 Charles Blondin -- #15 Yakima Canutt -- #14 Richard Halliburton -- #13 Jeb Corliss -- #12 Auguste Piccard -- #11 Nik Wallenda -- #10 Alain Robert -- #9 Ernest Shackleton -- #8 Bessie Coleman -- #7 Felix Baumgartner -- #6 Sir Edmund Hillary -- #5 Harry Houdini -- #4 Philippe Petit -- #3 Evel Knievel -- #2 David Blaine -- #1 Amelia Earhart. |