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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158652403321

Autore

Shea Therese

Titolo

America's oddest jobs / / by Therese Shea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Gareth Stevens Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-4824-5758-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Weird America

Disciplina

331.700973

Soggetti

Occupations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Want an Odd Job? -- Golf-Ball Diver -- Furniture Tester -- Potato-Chip Inspector -- Dog-Food Taster -- Gum Taster -- On the Nose -- Line Sitter -- Fortune-Cookie Writer -- Dog-Surfing Instructor -- Snake-Venom Collector -- Standardized Patient -- Ocularists -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explore the many odd jobs and weird occupations that dot the American landscape. Photographs and graphics highlight some of the strangest things people do for a living, such as collecting snake venom or teaching dogs how to surf!