The Story Behind
By Emily Prokop
The Extraordinary History of Ordinary Objects. Mango Publishing Group, 2018.
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From the host of the popular podcast about the origins of everyday items comes a text version cluing you into the production of objects like buttons, Band-Aids, and traffic lights that you may use regularly without even thinking about how they came to be.
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Who should read The Story Behind
The intensely curious • trivia buffs • historians • inventors • anyone who has wondered how certain items were first made • those wanting to continue the tradition of producing useful objects
About the author of The Story Behind
Emily Prokop started a podcast called The Story Behind in 2016 so that she could share historical tidbits and trivia with the world. She is a journalism graduate from Southern Connecticut State University and previously worked as a puzzle editor, while also contributing to newspapers and magazines.
Emily Prokop
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