Astonishing and Extinct Professions: 89 Jobs You Will Never Do
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 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 ...
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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 ...
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