01851oam 2200469 450 991016272510332120190911100035.00-7660-8368-3(OCoLC)971351776(MiFhGG)GVRL05FM(EXLCZ)99371000000104396920170620h20172017 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe world's worst mistakes /Kathlyn Gay and Nigel BlundellNew York :Enslow Publishing,2017.�20171 online resource (160 pages) color illustrationsMaking headlines0-7660-8367-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.ch. 1. People and places -- ch. 2. Sea and air -- ch. 3. Victims and villains -- ch. 4. Victors and vanquished.This book examines the blunders and the goof-ups--both miniscule and colossal in scale--many of which have been lost to history. Stories include the priest who married a bride to her groom's best man and the fool who thought he purchased the White House, as well as mistakes that changed the course of history, like the sinking of the Titanic and the Exxon Valdez disaster. Sidebars, a glossary, and a further reading section are also included.Making headlines (Enslow Publishers)HistoryMiscellaneaDisastersErrorsHistoryMiscellanea.Disasters.Errors.153.74Gay Kathlyn1248895Blundell NigelMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910162725103321The world's worst mistakes3417743UNINA