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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Carlson, Brady, author.
Dead presidents : an American adventure into the strange deaths and surprising
afterlives of our nation’s leaders / Brady Carlson. — First edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-393-24393-2 (hardcover)
1. Presidents—United States—Death. 2. Presidents—United States—Biography. I.
Title.
E176.1.C23 2016
973.09’9—dc23
[B]
2015032329
ISBN 978-0-393-24394-9 (e-book)
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