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Top 20 daredevils : countdown to danger / by Melvin & Gilda Berger ; art by Berat Pekmezci.

By: Berger, Melvin.
Contributor(s): Berger, Gilda | Pekmezci, Berat.
Publisher: New York : Scholastic, c2019Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. Media type: unmediated ISBN: 9781338253375.Subject(s): Daredevils--Biography--Juvenile literature | Adventure and adventurers--Biography--Juvenile literatureDDC classification: Cir 791 B4532 2019
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.
Summary: "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 includes legends like Harry Houdini and Bessie Coleman, as well as newer or lesser known daredevils, such as Jeb Corlis, Alain Robert, and Mabel Stark"-- Provided by publisher.
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#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.

"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 includes legends like Harry Houdini and Bessie Coleman, as well as newer or lesser known daredevils, such as Jeb Corlis, Alain Robert, and Mabel Stark"-- Provided by publisher.

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