Mundane objects, hidden worlds
Short original histories in the spirit of Mark Kurlansky’s Salt and Cod — designed to be read in a single sitting, about two hours each. PDF only.
Graphite, cedar, and the line that drew the modern world — from Borrowdale’s guarded mines to the space-pen myth and the classroom No. 2.
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