Learn about the builder of board games, Milton Bradley, following his childhood, his early entrepreneurial work creating and selling stationery, his drafting education at Harvard, his first business creating and selling lithographs, and how these experiences came together when he formed the Milton Bradley Company and created the Game of Life.

Includes glossary and timeline. Checkerboard Library.

A life of work and play begins -- A young man with bright ideas -- Early career -- The checkered game of life -- The making of a board game -- Beyond the board game -- Bradley goes to Kindergarten -- The changing game of life -- Success and satisfaction -- The end game -- Milton Bradley's work lives on -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Websites -- Index.