Lucky to be so spry in our 80s. He is an expert in all of this. He was an economist before this. He had a good idea of enhenry george and how it all came together. He knew lizzie magie existed but the deeper stuff was something i spent a lot of time on. There were things we would not need to be interested in. Like the quakers and the history of Atlantic City was in the book and what it was like living there. He lived in berkeley in the 70s so he would not have to zoom out and look at the Political Climate there. A lot of the character developing and a lot of the details were in the depositions but didnt make it into the brief. Than were interesting but not part of the timeline he put together. Flushing out character and the lizzie magie and history board game pieces. The first half of the book was less reliant on the documents. [inaudible conversation] his conviction through the whole thing is amazing. Turning down the selling offer which is a big turning point in the book. His backgro
In 1935. So what the plan is i will talk a little about the history of the game and open it up to question and answer so i am not just hamming and you can get insight on hopefully what you think is useful. Most people are familiar with the red hotels greenhouses and mr. Monopoly. Most people saying Parker Brothers. The idea is at americas darkest hour he makes this game and puts the houses on atlanta boulevard for a happier time. You can see the monopoly patton looks like what we know as monopoly today. Tokens, board, property. This version of the story has been on the website for years. Some people believe daro was the inspiration for early characters. The only story is not true. It started out originally with lizzie magie. She had a patton for a type writer gadget and was an outspoken feminist and had views on this. This is before women could vote. Her father was james mcgee who wasnt just a newspaper owner but travelled with lincoln during the lincolndouglas debates and was around f
Up he says i think that that is a milan terrace, which is the term that they used at the time and the father just looks at him and says okay, that is actually not true. He looks at him in such indignity. But of course its because of his stature. It is because of the way and shes doing things that white women do. She is a homemaker. And it is all of these things that make her story believable. The same as with lm it is the thing that she does that makes are believable as a white man that otherwise she would not be able to pass. So in terms of originality i definitely think that there were more opportunities to pass in the south. Particularly in the antebellum period. Just because there was more racial mixture and also because there was a much larger black population in the south during that time. And because it was so large it has to be larger than that. And it has to be about 90 of blacks and so there would have been more passion in the south during a period of time. Because there woul
Police here in new york have beefed up security now at the museum of modern art and other famous museums popular with tourists. The same being done in other cities, as well. And countries around the world are mourning citizens killed in the rampage. Abcs Carolyn Costello is live with details. Carolyn, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena and t. J. It is still unclear who is responsible for this deadly attack, and this morning people are also asking could Something Like this happen here at home . The gunmen armed with assault rifles opened fire at a crowded museum in tunisias capital. Security forces scrambled to respond as tourists inside the bardo museum ran for safety. Translator several shots were fired. We found another couple with their children. We didnt know what to do so we hid. Reporter at least 20 people were killed including two gunmen and many more injured. Most of the victims were tourists from poland, germany, japan, spain and italy, shot as they got off a tour bus
Greenhouses, mr. Monopoly. Most people say Parker Brothers which is now owned by hasbro. And for years the story was this gentleman at the height of the Great Depression and one of americas darkest hours, he goes hours, he goes into his basement and innovates and makes this game and puts Atlantic City properties on it as an almost a vacations during better times. Here is the original patent from 1935. 1935. You can see it looks a lot like monopoly today, the tokens, the board, the property. This version has been on the website for years. Some people believe there was the inspiration for some of the early mr. Monopoly characters. The only problem is that stories are true. The actual game originated with a woman this woman elizabeth mcgee. Prior to inventing prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. Feminist. She had a lot of views on this. Her father was a gentleman named james mcgee who was not just an influential newspaper own