Sexless Oysters and Self-Tipping Hats: 100 Years of Invention in the Pacific Northwest Review

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(More customer reviews)TRUE!! This is about our wonderful inventors of the Pacific Northwest--(I'm not tralking about John Keyster, Pat Cashman and the cast of the late, thoroughly lamented, locally-produced "Almost Live" comedy show..) But I feel that this book is also about our state of being as a region as of 1991---THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE (as Fremont still so boldly proclaims!) Microsoft and the the never accepted geeks invaded after the heroin-laced grunge era here in Seattle faded in the 90's. But this book still instills something of the new spirit of inventiveness that derives out of the old, which is leading right now to a new era of creation!
Profusely filled with pictures and drawings (so that you don't have so much to read), this book will give you a uniquely Northwest USA perspective on inventiveness and creativity!!!

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The Pacific Northwest is surpisingly rich in its history ofinvention. Who would have guessed that the automatic transmission, theelectric guitar, or Father's Day were invented here? the stories ofthese and over 150 other inventions are brought to life in SexlessOysters and Self-Tipping Hats. Author Adam Woog traces 100 years ofingenuity in Washington and Oregon through the range ofinventions-high-tech to simple, serious to silly-the region hasproduced.