Dad, Barbie & Me: An Insider Biography
He invented Barbie, Chatty Cathy, and Hot Wheels. He designed Cold War missiles, built a medieval castle in Bel Air, and married five women — including Zsa Zsa Gabor. He threw legendary parties, held over a thousand patents, and lived as though the rules of ordinary life simply didn't apply to him. But brilliance and chaos are dangerous companions, and for Jack Ryan, the price of both was devastating.Dad, Barbie & Me is the insider account of his extraordinary life, told by his daughter Ann P. Ryan, who had a front-row seat to all of it. Drawing on a family archive of business and personal correspondence and on interviews conducted for her podcast Dream House: The Real Story of Jack Ryan, Ann delivers the full picture — brilliant, chaotic, and deeply human — of the man behind the most famous doll in history.
296 pages
English edition · First published 2026 by Watermark Chatham · ISBN 9798234049841
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