Whatever Happened to Paint-by-numbers? : A Humorous Personal Account of What it Took to Make Anyone an Artist

Fifty years ago, an unemployed artist named Dan Robbins had no intention of creating an American icon, but that's exactly what happened when he convinced a savvy but sceptical entrepreneur named Max Klein to manufacture and market the first painting-by-numbers kits in 1949.

Here is the light-hearted historical account of the business and cultural phenomenon that touched the lives of more baby boomers than Barbie and G I Joe.