Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble

by Marilyn Johnson

Book Overview

Finding Life in Ruins Jump into a battered Indiana Jones-style Jeep with the intrepid Marilyn Johnson and head down bone-rattling roads in search of those who dig up the past. Johnson, the author of two acclaimed books about quirky subcultures-The Dead Beat (about obituary writers) and This Book Is Overdue! (about librarians)-brings her irrepressible wit and curiosity to bear on yet another strange world, that of archaeologists. Who chooses to work...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062127187
• ISBN13: 9780062127181
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"