Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench? by Vince Staten

Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench? by Vince Staten

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.

VINCE STATEN BIO SHEETCareer: Free-lance writer, author, columnist, movie critic, lecturer, professor and restaurateur. (One of these days I'll settle down and pick a career.)Age: Same as David Letterman and Almond Joy (the candy bar, not the strip tease artist)Current position: Metro columnist, Kingsport Times-News, 2003-present. Best Columnist in Tennessee, Tennessee Press Association, 2005.Syndicated columnist: syndicated home video columnist: New York Daily News 1989-1996; (Louisville) Courier-Journal 1989-2006.Free lance writer: articles have appeared in more than a thousand publications including New York Times, Boston Globe, Dallas Times Herald, Baltimore Sun, Food & Wine, Satellite Orbit, Video Review, Saturday Review, Icon, Bon Apetit and many other publications.Media experience: Have appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, Dateline NBC, Today on NBC (twice), History Channel (six different shows that seem to be repeated over and over and over), Home & Garden TV, and numerous other television shows. Radio appearances on more than 1,000 shows, including three appearances on NPR's Morning Edition.Professor: part-time instructor, University of Louisville, teaching classes in feature writing, news writing and television criticism, 1979-present.Co-owner: Vince Staten's Old Time Barbecue in downtown Prospect, Ky.Education: Bachelors degree with worthless major in psychology from Duke University; Masters degree in journalism from University of TennesseeCivic organizations: Commissioner of the City of River Bluff, Kentucky (population 356), 1989-1996. Never indicted.Honors: Eighth grade Twist Champion, Ross N. Robinson Junior High School; Homecoming Queen, University of Tennessee, 1970 (never crowned, ruled ineligible due to graduate student status)

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ISBN 13	9780684801322
ISBN 10	0684801329
Title	Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench?
Author	Vince Staten
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	1996-06-01
Number of pages	234
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