Found : The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World

English

ISBN: 0743251148

EAN: 9780743251143

Category: Humor / General

Publisher: Touchstone

Release Date: 04/01/2004

Synopsis: Discarded valentines. Ransom notes. To-do lists. Diaries. Homework assignments. A break-up letter written on the back of an airsickness bag. Whether they are found on buses, at stores, in restaurants, waiting rooms, parking lots, or even prison yards, these items give readers an uncensored, poignant, and often hilarious peek into other peoples lives. By collecting them in his hit magazine,Found(and its companion website, www.foundmagazine.com), Davy Rothbart has bewitched the nation with a surprising window into its heart and soul and turned his many readers into an army of sharp-eyed finders.Foundis chock-full of the latest and greatest of these finds, arranged in the style of the magazine, laying bare the tantalizing tales to be discovered in the trash we toss. By turns heartbreaking and hysterically funny,Foundis a mesmerizing tribute to everyday life and our eternal curiosity about our fellow human beings.

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Found : The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.62 inches

Width: 8.25 inches

Length: 10.75 inches

Weight: 24.2 oz

Pages: 256