LEADER 02480nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910807069803321 005 20240516112751.0 010 $a1-58729-943-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016015 035 $a(EBL)843254 035 $a(OCoLC)663882686 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000422197 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260844 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422197 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416150 035 $a(PQKB)10301169 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843254 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3015 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843254 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10405247 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016015 100 $a20100309d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLittle big world $ecollecting Louis Marx and the American fifties /$fJeffrey Hammond 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (137 p.) 225 1 $aSightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfiction 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-910-0 327 $aThe prospero of Fifth Avenue -- Animal husbandry -- No time like the present -- Little big world -- Left-handed Jesus -- Getting and spending -- Collecting myself. 330 $aJeffrey Hammond's Little Big World: Collecting Louis Marx and the American Fifties is the story of a middle-aged man's sudden compulsion to collect the toys of his childhood: specifically themed playsets produced by the Louis Marx Toy Company. Hammond never made a conscious decision to become a collector of any kind, so he was surprised when his occasional visits to web sites turned into hours spent gazing at, and then impulsively purchasing, the tiny plastic people and animals in the Civil War set, the Fort Apache set, Roy Rogers Ranch, and Happi-Time Farm; just a few of the dozens of playset 410 0$aSightline books. 606 $aToys$zUnited States$vAnecdotes 606 $aToys$xCollectors and collecting$zUnited States 607 $aMiddle West$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 615 0$aToys 615 0$aToys$xCollectors and collecting 676 $a688.7/2097309045 700 $aSafe Driver A. D. I$0864572 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807069803321 996 $aLittle big world$94011597 997 $aUNINA