Amazing True Stories
- ISBN-10
- 0590459589
- ISBN-13
- 9780590459587
- Category
- Curiosities and wonders
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-01-01
- Publisher
- Scholastic Paperbacks
- Author
- Don L. Wulffson
Description
A collection of unusual stories that are hard to believe but true, in such categories as "Travel and Transportation," "Crime and Punishment," and "Accidents and Disasters."
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