Junk
Subtitle: digging through America's love affair with stuff
By: Alison Stewart
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781613730553
Subjects: Compulsive hoarding; Collectors and collecting
Description: "When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? Junk details Stewart's three-year investigation into America's stuff. She rides along with junk removal teams like Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage to a taping of Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk--23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 MPH, threatening both satellites and human space exploration"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is it?; title: Who has it? And why?; title: When did it become big business?; title: Where should it go?; title: How can you use it, fix it, or love it?