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9/11Milton's teeth & Ovid's umbrella : curiouser and curiouser adventures in history
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Some of the essays originally appeared in earlier versions in the column Points of origin, published in the Smithsonian, 1981-1988
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256)
Life : death, taxes, graffiti, hair, toothbrushes, teeth, hands -- Leisure : football, running, betting, the sporting chance, baseball talk, horse racing, lotteries, chess, cards, cowboys -- Celebrations : marriage, birth, vacation, hazing, graduation, April Fool's Day -- Implements & symbols : tools, lawns, trees, keys, pets, place-names, dibs!, umbrellas
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256)
Life : death, taxes, graffiti, hair, toothbrushes, teeth, hands -- Leisure : football, running, betting, the sporting chance, baseball talk, horse racing, lotteries, chess, cards, cowboys -- Celebrations : marriage, birth, vacation, hazing, graduation, April Fool's Day -- Implements & symbols : tools, lawns, trees, keys, pets, place-names, dibs!, umbrellas
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