Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench?: Hardware Stores and Hardware Stories

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This is the perfect book for reading at the beach, by the pool, or just unwinding. “Weekend warriors” who enjoy working with tools when they can but are chained to a desk all week will enjoy the author’s great stories, casual (if not always grammatically perfect) style, and cover to cover tool trivia. A great gift for dads, husbands, homeowners or anyone who knows not to open a paint can with a screwdriver.

Great read, but as others have said, not a reference book. Vince Staten and I share a love of a writer I won't mention ('cause it's a bit of a surprise), and his style is similar. I've actually been _in_ one drugstore he mentions in another book, and spent some time near his hometown. Biased? Yeah.... My only real complaint - some of the stranger tools mentioned might have benefited by pictures or sketches. While I only found a few things that I didn't at least know something about, I'm sure not every reader is going to have seen some of this stuff.

Reading this book brought back great memories. This book will appeal to those of us who remember the good old days.

Good stories, i grew up with hardware stores like the one the author is writing about.