The Toy Maker: The Life and Times of Inventor Frank Hornby

by Anthony Mcreavy

Book Overview

A single man was responsible for the toys which shaped generations of children. Frank Hornby invented the train set, Meccano, the dinky toy and Scalextric. And yet, until now, there has been no biography of this extraordinary figure. Frank Hornby was born in 1866 to a working class family in Liverpool. Whilst working as a book keeper for a meat importer, and frustrated by the range of toys in turn of the century Britain he set up a toy manufacturing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091895812
• ISBN13: 9780091895815
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

The toy maker

The Toy Maker: The Life and Times of Inventor Frank Hornby Very interesting book for the fans of Meccano, Hornby trains and Dinky Toys although there is a major error, the farm tractor on the cover is not a Meccano product.