The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing

by Ewan Clayton

Book Overview

From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and services in ancient Mesopotamia, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty-first-century users of desktop computers, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself.

Calligraphy expert Ewan Clayton traces the history of an invention which--ever since our ancestors made the transition from a nomadic to an agrarian way...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619022427
• ISBN13: 9781619022423
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Ewan Clayton brings history to life

In this fascinating history of the written word, Ewan Clayton manages to delight and enthrall us while revealing details of how the written word changed the world through the centuries.