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Article: Knopf/Random House.(children's books)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
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- Children's Bookwatch
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- October 1, 2007
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Knopf/Random House
c/o Random House Children's Books
1745 Broadway, 10-1, New York, NY 10019
www.randomhouse.com 1-800-726-0600
Meghan McCarthy's STRONG MAN: THE STORY OF CHARLES ATLAS (9780375829406, $15.99) blends humor and the drama of fiction with biographical details to sketch the life of Charles Atlas, a boy once picked on by bullies who became known as America's strongest man. Angelo used exercise and developed a fitness routine to become famous and strong: STRONG MAN details how he came up with his ideas and how he succeeded. Sue Strauffacher's NOTHING BUT TROUBLE: THE STORY OF ALTHEA GIBSON (9780375834080, $16.99) tells of a ...
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... ... Siciliano got the name he made famous - Charles Atlas. The real story is a good deal different ... young advertising whiz who created the Charles Atlas and made it part of Americana. Who ... and the dream of self-improvement. Charles Atlas, then, ironically, was a man who ...
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