Astonishing and Extinct Professions: 89 Jobs You Will Never Do - Hardcover
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Astonishing and Extinct Professions: 89 Jobs You Will Never Do
The jobs we've lost are windows into the past
Gladiators fought for glory. Ice harvesters chopped up lakes. In the USA, human computers, called rocket women, calculated the paths of the spaceships with pen and paper.
All these jobs really existed. Now they are gone. This is a book of extraordinary periods in history on six continents. It spans the centuries of the professional fartists and the...
Markus Rottmann lives in Zurich, Switzerland with his wife and young daughter and writes for books, magazines, the stage and museums. He collaborates with photographers, directors, illustrators, artists and, recently, with a magician. He writes a regular column on mountain literature and has even produced and audio guide to the Zurich cemetery.
Michael Meister an award-winning Swiss illustrator....
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Markus Rottmann, Michael Meister (Illustrator), Ashley Curtis (Translator)
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