Barbie, Her Life and Times, is a book written by Billy Boy and published by Crown Publishers. Barbie burst upon the scene in 1959 and soon took her place as one of the most popular and collectible toys of all time. Now BillyBoy, owner of the world's largest Barbie doll collection (20,000 dolls and counting), charts the history of this American dream girl in a good-humored and affectionate retrospective. 400 photographs, 300 in full-color.