The Wonder of American Toys, 1920-1950
- ISBN-10
- 1888054700
- ISBN-13
- 9781888054705
- Category
- Toys
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Collectors Press, Inc.
- Author
- Charles Dee Sharp
Description
The Wonder of American Toys reflects not only the toys of perhaps the most formative era of American history, but what they meant to the children who played with them and to the society that produced them.
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