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- 160 pages
- 83 black-and-white photos, drawings, and maps
- 7" x 9"
- Reinforced library binding
- Source notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Glossary
- Grades 5 and up
- ISBN: 1-881508-81-1
- $22.95
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Play time has proven profitable for many companies, from Milton
Bradley with its board games to Hiroshi Yamauchis Nintendo
company, which led the video game craze. This fun-filled book includes baseball
hero Albert Spalding, who not only pitched baseballs, but also improved
and sold the balls and other sporting goods; Joshua Lionel Cowen,
maker of Lionel trains; Ruth Handler, inventor of the Barbie doll
and founder of Mattel Corporation; Ole Kirk Christiansen, Lego designer;
and Gary Gygax, coinventor of the role-playing game Dungeons and
Dragons. |