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Published by Atria, 2006
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- Title
- Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
- Author
- W. Hodding Carter
- Publisher
- Atria
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Fair
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0743474082
- ISBN 13
- 9780743474085
- Item weight
- 1.15 pounds
An anecdotal history of plumbing from the Harappan of 3000 B.C. to the modern world is a tribute to such engineering achievements as the lead pipes of the Roman empire, the sewers of London, and Japanese toilets. By the author of Stolen Water. 20,000 first printing.
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About the Author
W. Hodding Carter has written for several national magazines, including Esquire, Smithsonian, Newsweek, and Outside. The author of Westward Whoa, A Viking Voyage, and An Illustrated Viking Voyage, he lives with his family in Rockport, Maine.
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