Locator: 48578AMZN.
USDA "roadless rule" rescinded. Link here. Poppycock at The Verge.
How good is Amazon? Link here. Jeff Bezos knows logistics.
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The Book Page
The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed The World, Jenny Uglow, c. 2003.
I probably picked up this gem for a couple of bucks at a discount book store many years ago. In hardcover it's not longer available at Amazon. Paperback? $35.
I first read this book years ago; did not enjoy it; thought it poorly written. But now, after reading Christopher Benfey's newest book on "pottery," I wanted to re-read this book. I finished the first two chapters today, poolside, and not a bit disappointed. Really, really enjoyed it.
First bit of trivia? Those belt buckles and shoe buckles that the Pilgrims made iconic? Now I know who, how, and why. LOL. That alone is almost worth the price of the book, but not quite. Again, it's the history of the Quakers and the potters that caught my interest.
See also Jenny Uglow's review of Silk: A World History, by Aarathi Prasad, Williams Morrow, 293 pp.; $32.50. The NY Review mentions that Jenny has a new book coming out in 2025: A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer will be published in the UK this year. (June 2025).
Gilbert White, see wiki.
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