![]() ![]() A spicy portrait of a taciturn toy magnate made entertaining with sensationalistic testimonial." - Kirkus Reviews "Equally heartwarming and heartbreaking, this accessible work will captivate." - Library Journal, Starred review "Bissonnette ( Debt-Free U ) does a masterful job of tracing the rise and fall of the Beanie Baby phenomenon of the 1990s. ![]() ![]() Bissonnette refuses to gratuitously trumpet his story as an emblematic critique of American culture, human folly or entrepreneurial greed-though of course it is all that and more." - The Wall Street Journal "Thanks to Bissonnette's balanced and thorough reporting, the account of Ty Warner, founder of the Babies, becomes a portrait of a creator obsessed with perfection, making money in a business he loved, in a company built on his dreams." - Booklist "Bissonnette offers a crisp, investigative and presumably unauthorized biography of creator Ty Warner, 70, and a look at the rise of Beanie Babies and their swiftly ensuing three-year consumer craze. He writes fluently and has structured his tale artfully. ![]()
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