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Published by Crown, 2014
ISBN 10: 0770436226ISBN 13: 9780770436223
Seller: Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Good.
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Published by Crown Archetype, 2013
ISBN 10: 077043620XISBN 13: 9780770436209
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Hardcover. Condition: Good.
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Published by Random House Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1847947204ISBN 13: 9781847947208
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Crown Archetype, 2013, 2013
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition As new and bright in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Profusely illustrated with vintage photographs.
Published by Crown Archetype, New York, 2013
ISBN 10: 077043620XISBN 13: 9780770436209
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). First. Illustrated in black and white. 421 pages. 8vo, two-toned brown boards with gilt-stamped spine, d.w. (sunned at front, lightly edgeworn). New York: Crown Archetype, (2013). First Edition. Page edges toned, internally clean and tight. Very good(+) in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
Published by Crown Archetype/New York, 2013
Seller: ReadAmericaBooks, Holland, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 373+ pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Fine- ("7/14/13" in black marker to front cover; else fine)/na (paperback). 1st/First Edition, 1st/First Printing: Uncorrected Proof. Publisher's 2-sided 8.5"x11" timeline of Ripley's life is laid in. All orders shipped from MI or WI, USA.
Published by Crown Archetype, New York, New York, U. S. A., 2013
ISBN 10: 077043620XISBN 13: 9780770436209
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Published by Books on Tape, 2013
ISBN 10: 038536637XISBN 13: 9780385366373
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good.
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Published by Crown Archetype, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, New York, 2013
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition brown boards/dark brown spine/gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Praise for A Curious Man; List of Other Books by Neal Thompson; Author Dedication; Dear Reader; Preliminary Page Quotes; Preface; Author's Note on Sources; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "Turning the phrase 'believe it or not' into a global brand and multimedia empire built on equal doses of sex, information, and oddity, Robert Ripley played a fascinating role in the rise of modern American entertainment . Shrewdly, he conjured a first-person fairy tale for the modern age, helping millions to forget the specter of world war and depression. Now, for the first time anywhere, Neal Thompson brings us Ripley in all his gaudy glory, crafting a hard-boiled Horatio Alger story for a media-obsessed age." -- Tom Reiss, author. "A Curious Man is the rollicking, terrific story of one of America's greatest men . Ripley brought back to an awed nation the richness of an endlessly exotic world, and Neal Thompson tells the story with a perfectly pitched sense of what makes such a man, and a nation, tick." - Peter Heller, author. "The breathtaking life of a quintessential American: a Frankenstein monster stitched together with equal parts genius, bravado, insecurity, and propaganda. A master of oddities, RIpley himself was the purest form of his own collection, and Neal Thompson is his wondrous exhibitor." - Brad Meltzer, author. "Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that the history of a time can be resolved in the biography of a few stout and earnest people. Robert Ripley was certainly one of those, and in this fascinating account, Neal Thompson rescues for us a colorful slice of history." - Colum McCann, author. "Anyone who wants to understand America needs to read this book . Neal Thompson gives us a vivid portrait of this complex, restless man in all his maniacally conflicted glory." -- Ben Fountain, National Book Award finalist author. "Intelligent and gripping . Neal Thompson expertly captures the surprisingly complex character of Robert Ripley, and a life nearly too fantastic to be believed." - Karen Abbott, author. "A Curious Man is the marvelously compelling biography of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globe-trotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world's strangest oddities and whose outrageous showmanship taught us to believe in the unbelievable. As portrayed by acclaimed biographer Neal Thompson, RIpley's life is the stuff of a classic American fairy tale. Bucktoothed and cursed by shyness, Ripley turned his sense of being an outsider into an appreciation for the strangeness of the world. After he sold his first cartoon to LIFE magazine at age eighteen, more cartooning triumphs followed, but it was his "Believe It or Not!" conceit and the wildly popular radio shows it birthed that would make him one of the most successful entertainment figures of his time and spur him to search the globe's farthest corners for bizarre facts, exotic human curiosities, and shocking phenomena. Ripley delighted in making preposterious declarations that somehow always turned out to be true -- such as that Charles Lindbergh was only the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic or that "The Star-Spangled Banner" was not the national anthem. Assisted by an alluring harem of female admirers and by ex-banker Norbert Pearlroth, a devoted researcher who spoke eleven languages, Ripley simultaneously embodied the spirit of Peter Pan, the fearlessness of Marco Polo, and the marketing savvy of P.T. Barnum. In a very real sense, Ripley sought to remake the world's aesthetic. Ripley changed everything. The supreme irony of his life. is that he may have been the most amazing oddity of all." - excerpt from the dust jacket flaps.
Published by Random House, London, 2013
Seller: Coast Market Books, Mermaid Beach, QLD, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Seller: Bestsellersuk, Hereford, United Kingdom
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Published by Ecco, 2020
ISBN 10: 0062394363ISBN 13: 9780062394361
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Book Print on Demand
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorrnrnNeal Thompson is the author of four critically acclaimed books, including A Curious Man: The Strange & Brilliant Life of Robert ?Believe It or Not? Ripley and Driving with the Devil: Southern .