The jobs we’ve lost are windows into the past
Gladiators fought for glory. Ice harvesters chopped up lakes. In the USA, human computers, called rocket women, calculated the paths of the spaceships with pen and paper.
All these jobs really existed. Now they are gone. This is a book of extraordinary periods in history on six continents. It spans the centuries of the professional fartists and the walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, and the lazy ornamental hermits. Marvel at Germany’s feared coffee detectives and London’s dreaded executioners.
The stories behind: Mandarins, Wailing women, Body snatchers, Executioners, Whipping boys, Explorers, Walking toilets, Object swallowers, Fartists, Powder monkeys, Armpit-hair pluckers and many more…
Silver Medal winner of the California Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award 2023
Author: Markus Rottmann
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Helvetiq
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 88
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 13.20h x 9.70w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9783907293935
Language: English
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