A vivid account of the role of clay in shaping the development of human history, culture, and technology ranges from the invention of pottery and the creation of clay tablets for the first written communication, to the construction of architectural monuments and sanitation infrastructure, to the latest in high-tech gizmos. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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Suzanne Staubach has been published in Ceramics Monthly and written on pottery for Garden Way and Mother Earth News. She writes a regular column for the College Store Journal, and has also written for Fine Gardening, Old Farmer's Almanac, and Parents. She is a past president of the New England Booksellers Association.
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