Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #532372 in Books
• Published on: 1989-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Synopsis
Relates facts and information about a host of ordinary things ranging from safety pins to negligees.

Customer Reviews

Excellent reading.
I didn't learn this much history in school. It is amazing to learn that customs we practice today have their roots hundreds, even thousands of years ago. Ages high school to 100 will enjoy this book.

great book for hard to buy-for in-laws
A great book for people interested in just about everything. Since the book is so diverse you are sure to find something for everyone. A wonderful choice if you need to get a gift for someone very hard to buy for. I've not met anyone who hasn't thoroughly enjoyed the book. Frankly, I think its a terrific "bathroom" or guestroom book.

comment about Levi Straus
I've only seen the comment about Levi's and it's completly wrong. Levi was unemployed and made the pants out of sail cloth. Dyed them so they would look more like suit pants. A miner saw them and thought the tough material would make them good mining pants (1849 49ers). The pockets were added to carry rock samples. The rivets were added because the weight of the rock samples kept tearing the pockets loose. I wouldn't buy a book when the first thing I read was wrong.