The World of Ripley's Believe It or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not

by Ripley Entertainment Inc.

It's shocking but irresistible. The fantastic and amazing World of Ripley's Believe It or Not(R) uncovers and relates curiosities from around the globe. Its full-color, oversized format and round trim make it a suitably remarkable package to display the bizarre findings of Robert Ripley, who traveled to 198 countries to research his famous newspaper cartoon strip.
Starting with his first drawing in 1918 and the first Ripley museum in the 1930s, this book is filled with examples of human oddities, exotic artifacts, strange happenings, unusual inventions, marvels of nature, extraordinary achievements and coincidences. Readers will be amazed by the truly macabre world that Ripley captured. Hundreds of photographs show the real people and things that inspired the famous drawings. Exotic objects and human feats stretch the limits of the mind, body and imagination.
Here readers will meet world champion chicken picker Buck Fulford who could catch, kill, cook and eat a chicken in less than two minutes; Alice Penfold who could lift her sister Mary on a stool using only her teeth; "Three Ball Charlie" who could put a tennis ball, golf ball and billiards ball in his mouth and still whistle; and Liu Ch'ung of China who has double pupils in each eye.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Childrens

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 10, 1999

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Reviews

[Max Maxwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my all-time favorite book. Robert Ripley has always been a great hero of mine; he travelled the world collecting oddities, and he didn't rely on astonishing claims for which there was no astonishing evidence to get the job done: he even exposed fakes like Barnum's "Fiji mermaid" alongside such wonders as the man with the candle in his head, two-headed corn snakes, and that guy who made a sculpture of himself with his own fingernails and hair for his wife before he died. No, a look at Robert Ripley's cartoons (reproduced, albeit at a reduced size, here, with commentary and supporting photos) is always a reminder that the world is amazing just as it is, a vindication of Hamlet's assertion that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than ever dreamt of.

A caveat: not all Ripley's collections are created equal; avoid the modern, Guiness-Book-style ones with the holographic covers. This is the one of that batch to go for. After that, scour used bookstores for the original paperbacks.

[Nuruli Khaliq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buku pertama yang saya beli dari amazon.com

Lucunya.... pertama saya pake regular package, mustinya nyampe satu bulan kemudian. Setelah sebulan berlalu nggak ada kabar, langsung complaint ke amazon.com. Walhasil langsung dikirim lagi pake UPS atas biaya mereka karena kiriman dianggap hilang

Setelah seminggu berlalu, ada pemberitahuan dari kantor pos bahwa paket telah tiba dan diminta untuk ambil dikantor pos dekat rumah.

Jadinya saya punya dua deh, hehehehe

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book sort of as a gift. My friend bought it from my new apartment since I had all the Weird New Jersey books and magazines. The book is fine to flip through but nothing more and is targeted more for children.

[Jean Oram · Rating 5 out of 5]

Boys can not get enough of this book. Crazy pictures, crazy, unreal things. Lots of intrigue. This book is a big, strange shape which makes it awkward, but boys love it. Ages 7-99. Teens think it is pretty amazing too.

[Amy Beth Eisenberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't believe half this crap.

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The World of Ripley's Believe It or Not! by Julie Mooney (1999)

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

nice ripley's book!