Typewriter: The History, the Machines, the Writers

by Tony Allan, Tony Allan, Athena Dixon

Book Overview

Personal computers may have replaced the typewriter in most homes and offices, but the venerable writing machine is currently staging a comeback. From portable models that hipsters are snapping up in Urban Outfitters to Tom Hanks's bestselling app that recreates the manual experience on a tablet, the typewriter has never been so hot.

This celebration of the typewriter covers what a platen knob is, why QUERTY won out over other arrangements...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627950346
• ISBN13: 9781627950343
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Shelter Harbor Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 7.9"