Firsts: Origins of Everyday Things That Changed the World
By Wilson Casey
Category: Non-Fiction
For anyone who ever wanted to know the history of the chocolate chip cookie, earmuffs, and Daylight Savings...
Firsts-history through the milestones of human achievement-are fun. And Wilson Casey, trivia expert, has collected over 500 firsts in nearly every major category of culture: from fashion to food, politics to science, entertainment to art to architecture. Each "first" is a full explanation of the topic at hand, written in a humorous yet authoritative style. It includes:
The true history of the golf tee
How a blind man came up with cruise control
The myth behind the origins of the Caesar salad
Why and how the first dieter dieted
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