Richard Polt

The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The connoisseur's guide to the typewriter, entertaining and practical

What do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists, and musicians have in common? They love typewritersthe magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in the 21st century, striking a blow for self-reliance, privacy, and coherence against dependency, surveillance, and disintegration. The Typewriter Revolution documents the movement and provides practical advice on how to choose a typewriter, how to care for it, and what to do with itfrom National Novel Writing Month to letter-writing socials, from type-ins to typewritten blogs, from custom-painted typewriters to typewriter tattoos. It celebrates the unique quality of everything typewriter, fully-illustrated with vintage photographs, postcards, manuals, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Countryman Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781581575873
• Artikelnr.: 59588753

Autorenporträt

Richard Polt is the creator and webmaster of The Classic Typewriter Page and the blog Typewriter Revolution. For over twenty years he has been pursuing his love of the typewriter as a collector, webmaster, blogger, magazine editor, repairmanand frequent typist. Polt teaches philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.