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Mary Pilon

The Monopolists

Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game

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The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to tell the true story about the game's questionable origins. Most think it was invented by an unemployed Pennsylvanian who sold his game to Parker Brothers during the Great Depression in 1935 and lived happily--and richly--ever after. That story, however, is not exactly true. Ralph Anspach, a professor fighting to sell his Anti-Monopoly board game decades later, unearthed the real story, which traces back to Abraham… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-62040-571-0
  • EAN: 9781620405710
  • Produktnummer: 34219354
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'802 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage
  • Abbildungen: B&W art throughout

Über den Autor


Mary Pilon is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Monopolists, the acclaimed history of the board game Monopoly. A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Esquire, Fast Company, MSNBC, Vice, and Politico, Pilon has also worked as a staff reporter at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and was a producer for NBC Sports at the 2016 Olympics. She lives in Brooklyn. Visit her website at marypilon.com and follow her on Twitter at @marypilon.

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