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Author Thompson, Neal.

Title A curious man : the strange & brilliant life of Robert "Believe it or not!" Ripley / Neal Thompson.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Crown Archetype, 2013.
2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. RIPLEY, R.    Storage
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B RIPLEY ROBERT T    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B RIPLEY    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B RIPLEY, ROBERT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B RIPLEY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 RIPLEY, ROB    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B RIPLEY, R.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B RIPLEY    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG RIPLEY, ROBERT    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  B RIPLEY    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 421 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Summary A Curious Man is the marvelously cempelling biography of Rober "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. -- p [2] of jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-404) and index.
Subject Ripley, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1890-1949.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.
Note Strange and brilliant life of Robert "Believe it or not!" Ripley
ISBN 9780770436209
077043620X
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