The Luck Archive: Exploring Belief, Superstition, and Tradition

by Mark Menjivar

Book Overview

Artist Mark Menjivar was in an antique bookshop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when he found 4 four-leaf clovers pressed between the yellowed pages of an aged copy of 1000 Facts Worth Knowing. Their discovery beguiled Menjivar so much that he began a multiyear exploration into the concept of luck and its intersections with belief, culture, superstition, and tradition in people's lives.

Menjivar has spent hours and days engaging people in airplanes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595342494
• ISBN13: 9781595342492
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Trinity University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.2"