Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer

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Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer

Anyone wondering what sort of experience prepares one for a future as an engineer may be surprised to learn that it includes delivering newspapers. But as Henry Petroski recounts his youth in 1950s Queens, New Yorkâ€“a borough of handball games and inexplicably numbered streetsâ€“he winningly shows how his after-school job amounted to a prep course in practical engineering.

Petroksiâ€™s paper was The Long Island Press, whose headlines ran to COP SAVES OLD WOMAN FROM THUG and DiMAG SAYS BUMS CANâ€™T WIN SERIES. Folding it into a tube suitable for throwing was an exercise in post-Euclidean geometry. Maintaining a Schwinn revealed volumes about mechanics. Reading Paperboy, we also learn about the hazing rituals of its namesakes, the aesthetics of kitchen appliances, and the delicate art of penny-pitching. With gratifying reflections on these and other lessons of a bygone eraâ€“lessons about diligence, labor, and community-mindednessâ€“Paperboy is a piece of Americana to cherish and reread.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0375718982_used
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 2003-04-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375718984

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Vintage
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0375718982_used
Color	Navy
ReleaseDate	2003-04-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375718984

Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer

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