Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died

by Jim Bernhard

Book Overview

"Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case." -William Saroyan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Famous authors, like everybody else, know that one day they will die. Final Chapters tells the fascinating stories of more than one hundred writers' encounters with death--and their attitudes toward the Grim Reaper: fear, uncertainty, or acceptance.

Francis Bacon wrote, "It is as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634502418
• ISBN13: 9781634502412
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.8"