Milton's teeth & Ovid's umbrella : curiouser and curiouser adventures in history /
Olmert, Michael.
New York, N.Y. ; London : Simon & Schuster,
c1996.
Some of the essays originally appeared in earlier versions in the column Points of origin, published in the Smithsonian, 1981-1988.
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references.
Life : death, taxes, graffiti, hair, toothbrushes, teeth, hands -- Leisure : football, running, betting, the sporting chance, baseball talk, horse racing, lotteries, chess, cards, cowboys -- Celebrations : marriage, birth, vacation, hazing, graduation, April Fool's Day -- Implements & symbols : tools, lawns, trees, keys, pets, place-names, dibs!, umbrellas.
History
Curiosities and wonders.