Flushed
Subtitle: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
Publisher: Atria
Published: May 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780743474085
Subjects: Sewerage; History: World; General; History - General History; World - General; Water-supply; Plumbing; Construction - Plumbing; History; History / General; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Anthropology - Cultural
First sentence: THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY took any notice of plumbing, beyond plunging a stopped-up toilet or anointing a sink with Liquid-Plumr, was about nine years ago.