Dear Mr. Ripley : a compendium of curioddities from the Believe It or Not! archives
Auteurs : Sloan, Mark (Direction) ; Manley, Roger (Direction) ; Van Parys, Michelle (Direction)
Lieu de publication : Boston
Éditeur : Little Brown
Date de publication : 1993
ISBN : 9780821219683
Langue : Anglais
Description : 207 p. ; ill. n & b : 28 cm.
Sujets :
Exhibitions de phénomènes
Believe It or Not! [compagnie]
Ripley, Robert [1890-1949]
Curiosités et merveilles
Fakirisme
Contorsion - Photographies
Hommes forts
Jonglerie d'équilibre - Photographies
Tattouage
Équilibristes - Photographies
Résumé :
This incredible selection of photographs, on which Ripley partly based his Believe It or Not cartoons, were sent by people as proof of their apparently amazing feats. "The book begins with a brief biography of Robert Ripley, the quintessential American adventurer/artist, then enters a gallery of oddities from the Ripley's archives. Chapters such as "Nature's Whims" and "Tattoo Talent" offer sights that defy explanation--a man with three legs and a woman blowtorching her tongue, for example."--the publisher. Anyone fascinated with the unusual will enjoy "these often startling, always bizarre testimonies to the truly unbelievable."
Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque
Localisation : Bibliothèque
Cote : 791.350 973 S6342d 1993