Bob"" has ranked among the top ten male names since the first U.S. census in 1790, and more than five million American men identify themselves by some form of the name.
Author Tom Crisp, whose older brother got the name from their father, channels his sibling regrets by compiling more than 500 quotes from 250 of the world's most famous (and infamous) ""Bobs."" Celebrate the innate ""Bobness"" that exists in 34 out of every 1,000 American men with The Book of Bob.
Just a Few of the Famous Bobs in The Book of Bob:
Bob Dylan
Bob Dole
Bob Hope
Bob Marley
Bobby Knight
Robert Kennedy
Robert Frost
Robert E. Lee
Robert S. McNamara
Robert Mitchum
Robert Downey, Jr.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Browning
""If the NBA were on Channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love was on Channel 4, I'd watch the frogs even if they were coming in fuzzy."" —Bobby Knight, basketball coach
""People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy."" —Bob Hope, comedian
By:
Tom Crisp Imprint: Andrews and McMeel Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 157mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 267g ISBN:9780740763656 ISBN 10: 0740763652 Pages: 194 Publication Date:02 January 2007 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
