Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting

Florey, Kitty Burns

ISBN 10: 1933633670 / ISBN 13: 9781933633671

Published by Melville House, Brooklyn, New YYork, 2008

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190pp. new The History of Handwriting.

Seller Inventory # 022184

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting
• Publisher: Melville House, Brooklyn, New YYork
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933633670
• ISBN 13: 9781933633671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Steeped in the Palmer Method of Handwriting she learned in Catholic Schook, Florey is a self-confessed ""penmanship nut"" who loves the act of taking pen to paper. Here she explores the history of handwriting and tackles the importance of writing by hand and its place in our increasingly electronic society. Weaving together the evolution of writing implements and scripts, pen-collecting societies and the growing popularity of handwriting analysis, she asks the question: Is writing by hand really no longer necessary in today's busy world?

About the Author

KITTY BURNS FLOREY is the author of Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences. She has also written nine novels—most recently, The Writing Master—and many short stories and essays. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.