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Author:

Gerber, Robin.

Title:

Barbie and Ruth : the story of the world's most famous doll and the woman who created her / Robin Gerber.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Collins Business,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

ix, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Handler, Ruth.
Dollmakers--Biography.
Barbie dolls.
Mattel, Inc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-266) and index.

Contents:

The doll nobody wanted -- The tenth child -- Love at a nickel a dance -- Ruth and Elliot and Matt -- A working mother -- Uke-a-doodles -- Music makers and sour notes -- Gambling everything on Mickey Mouse -- The woman and the doll -- Soaring in the sixties -- Toys, money, and power -- Hot wheels and hot deals -- The cancer within -- The plot unravels -- Nearly me -- The wages of fraud -- Forced service -- Ken and a time of plague -- Her way.

Summary:

The tragic and redeeming story of how one visionary woman, Ruth Handler, built the biggest toy company in the world and created a global icon.

ISBN:

0061341312
9780061341311

LCCN:

2008029838

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