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The Monopolists

Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game
Dec 13, 2015rpavlacic rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The true smoking gun in this book isn't that there is definitive proof the game was invented by Elizabeth Magie and not Charles Darrow. It's that Darrow copied another game that had plagarized the original - and that he copied a blatant mistake: Marvin Gardens is actually spelt Marven. Also gives a history of a group of people who created the game Anti-Monopoly as a response, and the intense legal battle to keep it on the market. Very well researched book by Mary Pilon.