MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008029838
003 DLC
005 20151017075032.0
008 080703s2009 nyua b 001 0deng
010 $a 2008029838
020 $a9780061341311
020 $a0061341312
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn232977462
035 $a(OCoLC)232977462
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dUPZ$dILC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aNK4894.2.H324$bG47 2009
082 00 $a338.4/76887221092$aB$222
100 1 $aGerber, Robin.
245 10 $aBarbie and Ruth :$bthe story of the world's most famous doll and the woman who created her /$cRobin Gerber.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCollins Business,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 278 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [258]-266) and index.
520 $aThe tragic and redeeming story of how one visionary woman, Ruth Handler, built the biggest toy company in the world and created a global icon.
505 0 $aThe 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.
600 10 $aHandler, Ruth.
650 0 $aDollmakers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aBarbie dolls.
610 20 $aMattel, Inc.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008029838.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008029838-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008029838-d.html