Susan Fletcher is a public historian, writer, and artist. She serves as the Director of History and Archives for The Navigators and Glen Eyrie. She is also the founder and CEO of History Joy Consulting, an archives and museum consulting firm. Fletcher earned her MA in History from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. She is the co-author of Dawson Trotman in His Own Words and has written numerous chapters on state and local history for the Pikes Peak Regional History Book Series. In addition to her scholarly work, her writing appears in Springs Magazine and The Colorado Collective.

Fletcher pulls together trends in technology, social structures, popular culture, marketing, and much more to provide vivid and valuable historical context for 50 landmark toys. With charm and insight, she carries the reader through the landscape of play in America and reveals fresh meaning for these memorable icons of childhood.

• ContentsTimeline of ArtifactsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Board and Card GamesChapter 2 : Art Toys and Materials Chapter 3: Optical Toys and CamerasChapter 4: Toy AnimalsChapter 5: Construction ToysChapter 6: DollsChapter 7: Action FiguresChapter 8: Physical ToysChapter 9: Mimicking the Adult WorldChapter 10: Electronic GamesGo PlayIndexAbout the Author

Susan Fletcher is a public historian, writer, and artist. She serves as the Director of History and Archives for The Navigators and Glen Eyrie. She is also the founder and CEO of History Joy Consulting, an archives and museum consulting firm. Fletcher earned her MA in History from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. She is the co-author of Dawson Trotman in His Own Words and has written numerous chapters on state and local history for the Pikes Peak Regional History Book Series. In addition to her scholarly work, her writing appears in Springs Magazine and The Colorado Collective.

Fletcher pulls together trends in technology, social structures, popular culture, marketing, and much more to provide vivid and valuable historical context for 50 landmark toys. With charm and insight, she carries the reader through the landscape of play in America and reveals fresh meaning for these memorable icons of childhood.

• ContentsTimeline of ArtifactsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Board and Card GamesChapter 2 : Art Toys and Materials Chapter 3: Optical Toys and CamerasChapter 4: Toy AnimalsChapter 5: Construction ToysChapter 6: DollsChapter 7: Action FiguresChapter 8: Physical ToysChapter 9: Mimicking the Adult WorldChapter 10: Electronic GamesGo PlayIndexAbout the Author

Susan Fletcher is a public historian, writer, and artist. She serves as the Director of History and Archives for The Navigators and Glen Eyrie. She is also the founder and CEO of History Joy Consulting, an archives and museum consulting firm. Fletcher earned her MA in History from Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. She is the co-author of Dawson Trotman in His Own Words and has written numerous chapters on state and local history for the Pikes Peak Regional History Book Series. In addition to her scholarly work, her writing appears in Springs Magazine and The Colorado Collective.

Fletcher pulls together trends in technology, social structures, popular culture, marketing, and much more to provide vivid and valuable historical context for 50 landmark toys. With charm and insight, she carries the reader through the landscape of play in America and reveals fresh meaning for these memorable icons of childhood.

• ContentsTimeline of ArtifactsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Board and Card GamesChapter 2 : Art Toys and Materials Chapter 3: Optical Toys and CamerasChapter 4: Toy AnimalsChapter 5: Construction ToysChapter 6: DollsChapter 7: Action FiguresChapter 8: Physical ToysChapter 9: Mimicking the Adult WorldChapter 10: Electronic GamesGo PlayIndexAbout the Author