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

This fun and funny celebration of hardware from Vince Staten answers the burning questions like have plagued humankind from time immemorial.

Staten reveals the mysterious origins of all the things that hold your house together and all the tools you’ve ever dreamed of having.

Drawing on his years behind the counter of his father’s hardware store, Did Monkeys Invent the Monkey Wrench? reminds readers that there was once a place where like-minded souls could discuss the important things in life, like baseball, bad movies, and box-end wrenches.

Vince Staten is the author of Ol’ Diz’, Unauthorized America, Real Barbecue, and Can You Trust a Tomato in January? He lives in Prospect, Kentucky.

ISBN: 9780684832746
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: June 05, 1997