TheBestseller
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1951
THE FAT BOY'S BOOK
Elmer Wheeler
Cover of THE FAT BOY'S BOOK

THE FAT BOY'S BOOK

How Elmer Lost 40 Pounds in 80 Days

by Elmer Wheeler

Prentice-Hall · 2016

Peak rank

#12

Weeks on list

4

Debuted

April 1951

Chart History

#1510151951

4 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #12

Where and Why The Fat Boy's Book was written... Sitting quietly at Chambers of Commerce luncheons and banquets, waiting my turn on the lecture platform, gave me the idea of the need for a Fat Boy's Book. I began to observe around me the hodge-podge collection of "banker's shapes," affluent men who had made good, then relaxed and put on bay windows. Then I looked at myself. It was nice to see so much success in America, Land of Big Appetites and Opportunity, but, unfortunately, success had settled at the belt lines. So, surrounded by my best inspirations, I started to write, and many a Chamber secretary will now know for the first time what I was scribbling on the back of the song sheet "God Bless America!" It was The Fat Boy's Book. BE A MAN OF DISTINCTION: SWITCH FROM FAT TO TRIM

All Appearances

14↓2April 29, 1951wk 2
13↑1May 6, 1951wk 3
16↓3May 13, 1951wk 4

Details

ISBN-13
9781787202863
ISBN-10
1787202860
Published
2016
Pages
205
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Categories
Health & Fitness

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