Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench? - Hardware Stores and Hardware Stories

Informationen zum Autor Vince Staten is the author of  Ol’ Diz’, Unauthorized America, Real Barbecue,  and  Can You Trust a Tomato in January?  He lives in Prospect, Kentucky. Klappentext Is the Swiss Army Knife really Swiss? What feats of imagination went into inventing the Vise-Grip! the reciprocating saw! the Weed Eater? In this charming romp through hardware stores and lore! Vince Staten uncovers the secret history of the things that hold a house together--and hold many people in thrall. Illustrations.

Product details

• Authors: Vance Staten, Vince Staten
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780684832746
• ISBN: 978-0-684-83274-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; REFERENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce, Microeconomics, Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works