Ripley's Believe It or Not!: In Celebration...
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Facsimile of the original 1929 book. From the original 1929 promotion, Robert Ripley describes the land where rain has fallen for a million years; here he talks with you about the Ever-Standing Men and the Upside-Down Men of Benares. Sport enthusiasts will prick up their ears at the queer tales told by the man who it is said can answer more questions on sports than any other living man. All these stores, all these marvelous adventuring into the countries of the fantastically true are lavishly illustrated with a multitude of those vivid cartoons which are followed eagerly every night in the New York Evening Post and more than 100 other newspapers. You will find your old favorites-and some new puzzlers which Mr. Ripley has uncorked now for the first time. Believe It Or Not this volume contains a thousand new things under the sun!
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The writing style of this book makes it obvious just how dated these stories are. Do not go into this expecting political correctness; the way other cultures are portrayed is, while mostly harmless, utterly outdated. I was surprised, however, about just how many of these facts I already know from other sources to be correct. A few from The Straight Dope, but many, many others were plot points in Science Fiction I have previously read. It makes me wonder just how much of an influence, intended or otherwise, these cartoons were on scifi authors of the 1950's.
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1 primary bookRipley's Believe It or Not is a 6-book series with 1 primary work first released in 1929 with contributions by Ben Meares, Howard Mackie, and 6 others.
