Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story (SIGNED)

Ruth Handler with Jacqueline Shannon

ISBN 10: 068100763X / ISBN 13: 9780681007635

Published by Longmeadow Press, 1994

About this Item

SIGNED by Barbie creator Ruth Handler on the front endpaper! Hardback book with dust jacket is NEAR FINE! Sharp, tight, crisp and clean. This is the second printing of the stated first edition. PACKED WITH CARE AND SHIPPED IN A BOX!

Seller Inventory # 38368-x-GREEN

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Longmeadow Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 068100763X
• ISBN 13: 9780681007635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The author recounts how she and her husband founded the Mattel Toy company, discusses her bout with breast cancer, and describes the breast prosthesis company she subsequently started

Reviews

The history of Barbie, created by Handler and her husband Elliot, cofounders of Mattel Toys, is recounted here. The doll, which was "born" in 1959 and whose "big boobs" aroused controversy at the time, enjoyed such commercial success that the market was expanded to include her boyfriend, Ken, siblings and friends-all with their own wardrobes and accessories. Assisted by Shannon (Why It's Great to Be a Girl), Handler also bitterly recalls her 1970 mastectomy and forced resignation from Mattel in 1975, after she was indicted for preparing false financial records. Though she denied her guilt, in 1978, she entered a plea of nolo contendere because, she says, she did not want to "jeopardize" her latest commercial venture after leaving Mattel-a breast prosthesis business. This self-serving memoir reclaims Handler's "motherhood" of Barbie. Author tour.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.