The stunning uses of the Monopoly game during World War II included smuggling escape aids to POWs in Hitler's Reich, as a source of cover names for spies and traitors, and as the basis for a secret code. All key players are revealed in this book.including notable escapers who were armed with aids hidden inside Monopoly boards. The product of thirty-five years of research.
How the most popular toys and games of 1936 conveyed the fascinating history of this amazing year during which the slide of the Great Depression was arrested and growth returned. The key events were portrayed monthly in the pages of Playthings - the toy industry's influential trade journal, as edited by visionary Robert McCready. A unique, fresh insight.
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