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by Henry Petroski (Author) "Henry David Thoreau seemed to think of everything when he made a list of essential supplies for a twelve-day excursion into the Maine woods..." (more)
Key Phrases: imported pencils, pencil industry, pencil user, Eberhard Faber, New York, United States (more...)
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