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Astonishing and Extinct Professions : 89 Jobs You Will Never Do by Markus Rottmann (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHelvetiq, Redcut Sarl

ISBN-103907293932

ISBN-139783907293935

eBay Product ID (ePID)15057255193

Product Key Features

Book TitleAstonishing and Extinct Professions : 89 Jobs You Will Never Do

Number of Pages88 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicCareers, History / Ancient, Customs & Traditions, History / General

IllustratorYes, Meister, Michael

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Social Science

AuthorMarkus Rottmann

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight30.7 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width13 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2023-280514

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Bold, almost caricature-eqsue, cartoony illustrations capture the gamut of professions featured in this Swiss import, from the bleak, beak-wearing plague doctor to the showy festival pyrobolists." - Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Decimal331.7/009

Table Of Content1. Abtrittanbieter (Walking Toilets) 2. Wet Nurses 3. Balladeers 4. Ice Harvesters 5. Candle Trimmers 6. Festival Pyrobolists 7. The Riders of the Pony Express 8. Pneumatic Post Office Clerks 9. Tower Watchmen 10. Fullones (Urine Washers) 11. Water Carriers 12. Waker-Uppers 13. Home Brewers 14. Leech Collectors 15. Airplane Detectors 16. Gladiators 17. Coffee Sniffers 18. Herb Strewers 19. Fartists 20. Lantern Bearers 21. Elevator Operators 22. Milkmen 23. Plague Doctors 24. Whipping Boys 25. Ornamental Hermits 26. Sedan Chair Carriers 27. Video Rental Clerks 28. Quatorzièmes (Fourteenth Guests) 29. Tasters 30. Factory Readers 31. Itinerant Preachers

SynopsisThe 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 walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, and the lazy ornamental hermits. Marvel at Germany's feared coffee detectives and London's dreaded executioners. The stories behind: Mandarins, Wailing women, Body snatchers, Executioners, Whipping boys, Explorers, Walking toilets, Object swallowers, Fartists, Powder monkeys, Armpit-hair pluckers and many more... Silver Medal winner of the California Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award 2023 Nominated for the Children's Literature Association of Utah Beehive Awards 2025, 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 walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, and the lazy ornamental hermits. Marvel at Germany's feared coffee detectives and London's dreaded executioners. The stories behind: Mandarins, Wailing women, Body snatchers, Executioners, Whipping boys, Explorers, Walking toilets, Object swallowers, Fartists, Powder monkeys, Armpit-hair pluckers and many more... Silver Medal winner of the California Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award 2023, 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 walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, and the lazy ornamental hermits. Marvel at Germany's feared coffee detectives and London's dreaded executioners. Lost jobs featured; Ice Harvester; Human Computer / Rocket Women; Ornamental Hermit; Professional Fartist; Walking Toilet.

LC Classification NumberGT5910.R6713 2023