Phone Book The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses but No One Reads

Name: Phone Book The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses but No One Reads
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ISBN: 9780399535932

ISBN-10: 0399535934

ISBN-13: 9780399535932

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ammon Shea

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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 Dictionaryfrom 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…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

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Introduction



The First Phone Book



"It Talks!"



Of Cuttlefish and Poetry: Unusual Telephone Books



Living by the Book



The Phone Book Hall of Fame



Reading the Phone Book



"A Shopping Mall in Print": The Yellow Pages and How They Got That Way



Ripped in Half: The Story Behind a Storied Tradition



The Future of the Phone Book


Final Note


Further Reading


Notes


Index