02480nam 2200577Ia 450 991080706980332120240516112751.01-58729-943-7(CKB)2560000000016015(EBL)843254(OCoLC)663882686(SSID)ssj0000422197(PQKBManifestationID)11260844(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422197(PQKBWorkID)10416150(PQKB)10301169(MiAaPQ)EBC843254(MdBmJHUP)muse3015(Au-PeEL)EBL843254(CaPaEBR)ebr10405247(EXLCZ)99256000000001601520100309d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLittle big world collecting Louis Marx and the American fifties /Jeffrey Hammond1st ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Press20101 online resource (137 p.)Sightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfictionDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-910-0 The prospero of Fifth Avenue -- Animal husbandry -- No time like the present -- Little big world -- Left-handed Jesus -- Getting and spending -- Collecting myself.Jeffrey Hammond's Little Big World: Collecting Louis Marx and the American Fifties is the story of a middle-aged man's sudden compulsion to collect the toys of his childhood: specifically themed playsets produced by the Louis Marx Toy Company. Hammond never made a conscious decision to become a collector of any kind, so he was surprised when his occasional visits to web sites turned into hours spent gazing at, and then impulsively purchasing, the tiny plastic people and animals in the Civil War set, the Fort Apache set, Roy Rogers Ranch, and Happi-Time Farm; just a few of the dozens of playsetSightline books.ToysUnited StatesAnecdotesToysCollectors and collectingUnited StatesMiddle WestSocial life and customs20th centuryToysToysCollectors and collecting688.7/2097309045Safe Driver A. D. I864572MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807069803321Little big world4011597UNINA