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" Barbie and Ruth : "
Robin Gerber.
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BL
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| Record Number
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713610
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b535799
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| Main Entry
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Gerber, Robin.
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| Title & Author
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Barbie and Ruth : : the story of the world's most famous doll and the woman who created her /\ Robin Gerber.
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Collins Business,, [2009]
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, ©2009
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ix, 278 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061341312
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: 9780061341311
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-266) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Handler, Ruth.
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Mattel, Inc.
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Barbie dolls.
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Dollmakers-- United States, Biography.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.7/6887221092B
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NK4894.2.H324G47 2009
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