Andre the Giant Life and Legend

Name: Andre the Giant Life and Legend
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ISBN: 9781596438514

ISBN-10: 1596438517

ISBN-13: 9781596438514

Edition: 2014

Authors: Brian "Box" Brown, Brian Brown

List price: $19.99

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The glamorous, raucous, and ultimately tragic life of Andre the Giant.Andre Roussimoff is well-known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and the heroic pro-wrestling figure who dominated the entire industry for a decade. But his full story is even stranger. Andre the Giant was a normal guy who'd been dealt an extraordinary hand in life. At his peak, he weighed 500 pounds and stood nearly seven and a half feet tall. His physical abnormality made him as famous as anyone in the world-and as beloved. But the huge stature that made his fame also signed his death warrant. Box Brown brings his great talents as a cartoonist and biographer (and his love of professional…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication date: 5/6/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.95" wide x 8.55" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Box Brown is an Ignatz Award--winning cartoonist, illustrator, and comic publisher from Philadelphia. His books include the New York Times--bestselling Andre the Giant: Life and Legend and Tetris. Box Brown's independent comics publishing house, Retrofit Comics, was launched in 2011.