Encyclopedia Brown's Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts

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Dell, 1981 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 146 pages
A delightful collection of astonishing information. Also use: Encyclopedia Brown's Second Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts (1979); Encyclopedia Brown's Third Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts (1985, Morrow).

From inside the book

 

Contents

Flabbergasting Facts
1
Gym Dandies
41
One Lioners and Bushy Tales
69
Copyright

2 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (1981)

Donald J. Sobol was born in the Bronx, New York on October 4, 1924. During World War II, he served in the Army as a sergeant in a combat engineer battalion in the Pacific. He received a B.A. degree from Oberlin College. He worked as a copy boy and then a reporter at The New York Sun and The Long Island Daily Press. In 1959, he began writing a syndicated fiction column called Two-Minute Mysteries. He is the creator of the Encyclopedia Brown series. His first book, Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, was published in 1963. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 80 books. In 1976, he won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the Encyclopedia Brown series. He died from gastric lymphoma on July 11, 2012 at the age of 87.

Bibliographic information

TitleEncyclopedia Brown's Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts
Encyclopedia Brown
AuthorDonald J. Sobol
Illustrated bySal Murdocca, Bruce Degen
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherDell, 1981
ISBN0440423619, 9780440423614
Length146 pages
Subjects › 

Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
Juvenile Nonfiction / Curiosities & Wonders
Reference / Curiosities & Wonders
  
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