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A Secret History of Monopoly, but more than that too!
Mary Pilon, formally a regular writer for the Wall Street Journal, takes the reader on a journey of discovery on the start of the board and card games industry in the US and in particular on the path that the mega-hit Monopoly followed to rise to its top grossing status.
Yes, the story that we all know and love about the creation of Monopoly is not true, but by the time we get to that part of the book, halfway through, it is a less shocking revelation than it might sound from the dust jacket.
The book is exquisitely researched, and the five decades that the book spans are described in detail.
We get an insider's view of the lives, fortunes, and practices of early game company moguls Milton Bradley and George Parker, and those details help explain how Monopoly rose to instant hit status during the Great Depression and why folks were willing and eager to accept the false story of how Monopoly came to be.
I enjoyed the writing, and most of the...
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