W. Hodding Carter

Autor de Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization

5 Obras 521 Miembros 32 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

W. Hodding Carter, the author of Westward Whoa!: In the Wake of Lewis and Clark, is a popular journalist known for this humorous adventure pieces in Outside, Esquire, and numerous other national publications. He lives with his wife and three daughters in Maine. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Obras de W. Hodding Carter

Popular Reciente

Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization (2006) 223 copias

A Viking Voyage: In Which an Unlikely Crew of Adventurers Attempts an Epic Journey to the New World (2000) 184 copias

Off the Deep End (2008) 59 copias

Westward Whoa: In the Wake of Lewis and Clark (1994) 35 copias

Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida (2004) 20 copias

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Conocimiento común

Nombre legal: Carter IV, William Hodding
Fecha de nacimiento: 1962
Género: male
Lugares de residencia: Greenville, Mississippi, USA
Kenya
Maine, USA
Educación: Kenyon College (BA|1984)
Relaciones: Carter, Hodding II (grandfather)
Carter, Hodding III (father)
Organizaciones: Peace Corps
Biografía breve: Son of William Hodding Carter III, journalist and politician (assistant secretary of state to Jimmy Carter).
Grandson of William Hodding Carter II, Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author
All-American swimmer (Division III) at Kenyon College ('84)

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Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization por W. Hodding Carter

An amusing, anecdotal book about plumbing and sewage systems. Starts off with the Greeks and Romans and ends up with new technology such as biogas digesters and microbial fuel cells. Not an academic book at all, but still interesting.

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Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization por W. Hodding Carter

Flushed and How the plumber saved civilization. A really interesting and easy read about plumbing. I highly recommend it as a good overview and provides insight into how your own house plumbing works, although there is a slight bias towards the USA systems. While its insights are not that surprising to me, as I trained as an engineer, I’m sure that most people are somewhat unaware about how it all works. There are some great plumbing stories too as the author explores various plumbing systems from around the world.… (más)