Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events, Movies, Disasters, and More

No one is more intriguing than a survivor which is why the editors of the acclaimed Armchair Reader series have compiled more than 450 pages of survivor stories. You ll read about crazy twists of fate tales of perseverence and courage and eyewitness accounts of some of history s most harrowing events. Yes you ll find it all in Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events Movies Disasters and More. Learn about the last living Revolutionary War veteran and the last living survivor of the Titanic tragedy. Read about German legislators who voted agains the Nazis the wives of Henry VIII the original Siamese twins and hundreds of other people who lived to tell about their ordeals. Here are some of the other people you ll discover in Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events Movies Disasters and More: Jasper Kanseah Geronimo s nephew and the last living survivor of the Apache chief s bitter surrender to the U.S. army in 1886 Ralph Miller the last surviving 19th-century professional baseball player John Astin the last living cast member from the beloved Addams Family television series William T. Coleman Jr. the last living attorney who worked on the landmark Brown v. Board of Education legal case Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events Movies Disasters and More is a fascinating trip through the annals of history. Once you start reading it you won t be able to put it down.