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The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist´s Companion for the 21st Century
Professor Richard Polt
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Description for The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist´s Companion for the 21st Century
Paperback. The connoisseur's guide to the typewriter, entertaining and practical. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 color photographs. BIC Classification: WCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 275 x 30. Weight in Grams: 896.
What do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists and musicians have in common? They love typewriters-the magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in the 21st century, striking a blow for self-reliance, privacy and coherence against dependency, surveillance and disintegration. The Typewriter Revolution documents the movement and provides practical advice on how to choose a typewriter, how to care for it and what to do with it-from National Novel Writing Month to letter-writing socials, from type-ins to typewritten blogs, from custom-painted typewriters to typewriter tattoos. It celebrates the unique quality of everything typewriter, fully-illustrated ... Read more
What do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists and musicians have in common? They love typewriters-the magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in the 21st century, striking a blow for self-reliance, privacy and coherence against dependency, surveillance and disintegration. The Typewriter Revolution documents the movement and provides practical advice on how to choose a typewriter, how to care for it and what to do with it-from National Novel Writing Month to letter-writing socials, from type-ins to typewritten blogs, from custom-painted typewriters to typewriter tattoos. It celebrates the unique quality of everything typewriter, fully-illustrated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Woodstock, United States
ISBN
9781581573114
SKU
V9781581573114
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-33
About Professor Richard Polt
Richard Polt is the creator and webmaster of The Classic Typewriter Page and the blog Typewriter Revolution. For over twenty years he has been pursuing his love of the typewriter as a collector, webmaster, blogger, magazine editor, repairman-and frequent typist. Polt teaches philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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