Panati's extraordinary origins of everyday things
An informative guide to the beginnings of over 500 ordinary things, from the brown paper bag to animal crackers.
| Main Author: | Panati, Charles, 1943- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Perennial Library,
[1989]
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- From superstition
- By Custom
- On the calendar
- At the table
- Around the kitchen
- In and around the house
- For the nursery
- In the bathroom
- Atop the vanity
- Through the medicine chest
- Under the flag
- On the body
- Into the bedroom
- From the magazine rack
- At play
- In the pantry.