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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

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2015032329

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