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Curious George Escapes The Nazis

Original Artwork Of "Fifi" AKA "Curious George," by H.A. Rey, Circa 1939.(All images courtesy of the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection.)He's the world's most notorious mischievous monkey. A scapegrace simian forever in hot water, desperate for yet another bail-out from his nameless pal, The Man In the Yellow Hat. (Wasn't that guy the hero in a bunch of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns?) But even rabid readers who have held their breath as Curious George is saved by the skin of his banana in adventure after adventure, remain in the dark when it comes to his greatest escape. Back in 1940,...

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