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To: Lakeside Granny
I’ve finished 3 Christmas books, can’t decide which one I want to read next, have such a variety.

Here's an oldie that's not the usual Christmas tale.
A.C. Gilbert convinces the US Government to not issue a proposed moratorium on the manufacture of toys in 1917 as
part of their effort to boost manufacture of milatary materiel and equipment. Gilbert was the inventor and marketing
genius behind the Erector Set, American Flyer Trains and many other toys such as the Gilbert Chemistry Set.

The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made:
The Life and Times of A. C. Gilbert, the Man Who Saved Christmas


579 posted on 12/27/2018 9:06:59 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Looks like a great read.

Thanks!


583 posted on 12/27/2018 9:29:44 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (Move slowly, carefully --- and then strike like the fastest animal on the planet! DJT)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Now those were great toys! I loved my chemistry sets. Never had an erector set but did have lincoln logs

Whew, made it dictating without issues!


605 posted on 12/27/2018 11:54:29 AM PST by CottonBall (Thank you , Julian!)
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