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Typewriter
Typewriter
Subtitle:
The History, The Machines, The Writers
Book Category:
History > General
Author:
Tony Allan
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
9781627950343
Price:
USD 12.95
Publication Year:
2015

Publisher Info

Jeanette Limondjian,

Shelter Harbor Press,
603 W 115 Street,
New York ,
New York - 10025,
USA

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Book Description

Personal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up in Urban Outfitters to Tom Hanks?s bestselling app that recreates the manual typewriter has never been so hot. This celebration of the typewriter covers what a platen knob is, why QUERTY won out over other arrangements of keys, which authors loved (or loathed) their typewriters, and much more. Filled with trivia and archive photos of writers at their typewriter has never been so hot. This celebration of the typewriter covers what a platen knob is, why QUERTY won out over other arrangements of keys, which authors loved (or loathed) their typewriters, and much more. Filled with trivia and archive photos of writers at their typewriters- a fascinating look at one of the great inventions in history.

 
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