Author(s): Tanya Lee Stone
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 40
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
Language: English
Date Published: 2018-07-17
Dimensions: 239 x 286 x 9mm
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
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Illustrations: full-color throughout

In the late 1800s lived Lizzie Magie, a clever and charismatic woman with a strong sense of justice. Waves of urban migration drew Lizzie's attention to rising financial inequality. Suddenly she had an idea: create a game about the landlord-tenant relationship. But Lizzie's initial game vilified the monopolist. Enter Charles Darrow - a marketer and salesman with a keen eye for what Lizzie's creation could become: an enticing board game, and a staple of family entertainment in households across America.

Boldness, imagination, and ruthless competition combine in this riveting story that sets the record straight on the history of Monopoly's origins.