Who Was Robert Ripley? (Who Was?)

by Tomie dePaola

Tim Foley (Illustrator)

Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated global success. Ripley spent his life traveling to more than 200 countries in search of strange objects and interesting facts. His penchant for the peculiar launched an entertainment empire, and his collection of artifacts can be seen worldwide at his famous Odditoriums. Believe It Or Not!

• ISBN10: 0448482983
• ISBN13: 9780448482989
• Publish Date: 5 February 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: G P Putnam's Sons
• Format: Paperback (US Digest)
• Pages: 112
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780448482989

Reviews

[readingwithwrin]

This one was interesting. I didn't know that The Believe it or Not franchise we now know started because Ripley needed something to draw and put in the paper in Decemeber. I also didn't know that he helped make it so the U.S. officially had a national anthem.