Flushed
Subtitle: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
Edition: Reprint edition
Publisher: Atria
Published: May 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780743474092
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Plumbing; History: World; Plumbing Technology; Water Supply And Treatment; Technology; History - General History; Science/Mathematics; World - General; Construction - Plumbing; History; History / General; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Water Supply; 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.