{"product_id":"will-power-the-most-baffling-bequests-ludicrous-last-wishes-and-daft-declarations-in-final-testaments-9781459755826","title":"Will Power: The Most Baffling Bequests, Ludicrous Last Wishes, and Daft Declarations in Final Testaments","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe most astonishing and extraordinary bequests and last requests found in people's wills.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This will is uncommon and capricious.\"\u003c\/i\u003e As beginnings go, this opening line shows how our final words don't need to be written in standard legalese but can instead be creative and individualistic. \u003ci\u003eWill Power\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of big names and ordinary people writing their last wills and testaments who did just that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There's the eccentric will that left a mansion and its grounds to a parrot. Developers could do nothing until it died -- and parrots have long lives. There are cautionary tales of family conflict, including the one-page will fought over for two decades by three generations. Want to write a parting shot? Read about the will that mocked the beneficiaries, such as the bequest that said, \"For my sister because she is married to a minister who (God help him) she hen pecks.\" Or the contested will that ordered the deceased's horses to be killed by a police firing squad; the bigoted will that bequeathed everything to a neo-Nazi organization; and the will that left far more money to sons than daughters, sparking a landmark gender discrimination case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These stories and many more will amuse, entertain, and inform -- for your consideration when you write or revise \u003ci\u003eyour\u003c\/i\u003e will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16465878\"\u003eSusan Goldenberg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459755826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459755820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAW\"\u003eLaw\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAW090000\"\u003eWills\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REF\"\u003eReference\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REF007000\"\u003eCuriosities \u0026amp; Wonders\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAW\"\u003eLaw\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAW035000\"\u003eEstates \u0026amp; Trusts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Goldenberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of ten books and has won both a Canadian Author's Award and a Canadian Business Press Editors' Award. She has written for Canadian and American newspapers and currently pens articles for \u003ci\u003eCanada's History\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. She lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50037496905965,"sku":"9781459755826","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/will-power-the-most-baffling-bequests-ludicrous-last-wishes-and-daft-declarations-in-final-testaments-9781459755826","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}