The Name's Familiar: Mr. Leotard, Barbie, and Chef Boyardee

by Laura Lee

Overview

The real-life people and events lurking behind words and phrases we use everyday.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565543942
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/31/1999
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Laura Lee is a freelance writer, journalist, and former radio announcer. As a radio announcer, she began collecting questions for a trivia segment. One day she discovered that a real person inspired the title character of Alice in Wonderland . That piqued her interest and she wondered about the origins of the names of other characters and products. She continued to collect trivia of that nature and compiled it into this book's predecessor.