The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads
by Shea, Ammon
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399535934
- ISBN 13
- 9780399535932
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Synopsis
Read Ammon Shea's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. A surprising, lively, and rich history of that ubiquitous doorstop that most of us take for granted. Ammon Shea is not your typical thirtysomething book enthusiast. After reading the Oxford English Dictionary from cover to cover (and living to write about it in Reading the OED ), what classic, familiar, but little-read book would he turn to next? Yes, the phone book. With his signature combination of humor, curiosity, and passion for combing the dustbins of history, Shea offers readers a guided tour into the surprising, strange, and often hilarious history of the humble phone book. From the first printed version in 1878 (it had fifty listings and no numbers) to the phone book's role in presidential elections, Supreme Court rulings, Senate filibusters, abstract art, subversive poetry, circus sideshows, criminal investigations, mental-health diagnoses, and much more, this surprising volume reveals a rich and colorful story that has never been told-until now.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041458
- Title
- The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads
- Author
- Shea, Ammon
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0399535934
- ISBN 13
- 9780399535932
- Publisher
- Perigee
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 216
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Telephone - Directories - History; Telephone. Directories, Social History, Advertising & Promotion, Media & Communications Industries
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