W Hodding Carter

Flushed

How the Plumber Saved Civilization

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Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a quirky and fascinating history of plumbing from the Harappan of the Indus Valley (circa 3000 BC) to the Roman Empire, from Victorian London to modern Boston, this entertaining text also follows the author's own travails in plumbing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atria Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780743474092
• ISBN-10: 0743474090
• Artikelnr.: 21186745

Autorenporträt

W. Hodding Carter has written for several national magazines, including Esquire, Smithsonian, Newsweek, and Outside. The author of Westward Whoa, A Viking Voyage, and An Illustrated Viking Voyage, he lives with his family in Rockport, Maine.

Rezensionen

"Carter is unfailingly good company throughout this genuinely underground history." -- Will Blythe, author of "To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever"