A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert Believe It or Not! Ripley

by Neal Thompson

Book Overview

A Curious Man is the marvelously compelling biography of Robert "Believe It or Not" Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globetrotting 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. Buck-toothed and cursed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0770436226
• ISBN13: 9780770436223
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.9"