Dear Mr. Ripley

A collection of photographs commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of Robert Ripley's birth and celebrates oddities and unusual feats, such as the woman who blowtorched her tongue and the man with three legs. Original.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 207 pages

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