Not often, but sometimes, the title of the object you are doing a post about – is so good- that you’ve just got to use that title for the post. And here is that post. A Dummy Goes to Africa. A book about a man and his dummy, or should I say a dummy and his man. Only a few pages are available of this treasure, and the cover, so treasure them strongly.

This book is owned by the renowned oddity collector Nurse Marbles. Mostly she’s got books and older illustrations of medical procedures. All funtastic!

Now on to this treasure! The dummy! What a book this is, my my. Autographed by non other than Rod Cameron himself. And oh, what’s this? I found a bunch more information about Rod and his dummy! I bet you didn’t see that one coming, did ya!

Rod is an internationally known Christian ventriloquist of professional ability, using his dummy Gabriel Jeremiah Cameron (Gabby), a wooden dummy purchased by 4 men of the Fountaintown church and Oscar, a stupid python hand-puppet made by Bev. They have presented programs in 20 states and in 1991 did a cross-cultural tour around the world, presenting programs in New Zealand, Australia and Zimbabwe. They have been on TV and Radio and were featured five times in the late Dr. George Crane’s “Worry Clinic,” a nationally syndicated newspaper column. Rod has written two autobiographical books: “A Dummy Goes to Africa” and “A Dummy Goes to Church Camp.” He has produced an audio tape: “A Dummy with an Attitude.” The last two are available for $5.00 plus postage.

And here’s his email! Yeah! Found that too! rod@rodcameron.com And if you’re super interested, which I know I totally am, you can also check out a collection of Rod and Gabby’s Songs and Poems! Getting weird in here now, isn’t it?

This post is a part of the World Famous Design Junkies completely weird category, but first and foremost this post is up in the library with all the other books. Best library.