{"id":14209,"date":"2023-10-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2023-10-10T06:50:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:50:50","slug":"astonishing-extinct-professions-89-jobs-you-will-never-do-by-marcus-rottman-michael-meister-mg-non-fiction-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14209","title":{"rendered":"ASTONISHING & EXTINCT PROFESSIONS: 89 JOBS YOU WILL NEVER DO, by Marcus Rottman & Michael Meister (MG non-fiction review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who\u2026 cried on demand?
\u2026could not afford to stumble?
\u2026could hold their breath the longest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This intriguing, large-format book highlights 89 long-gone jobs, some that we’ve heard of – executioner, court jester, explorer – and others that sound entirely strange to our ears – whalebone ripper, candle trimmer, ice harvesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From gladiators and royal tasters to switchboard operators and computing rocket women<\/a>, professions have arisen to fill a need and then fade away if a better (or faster or cheaper) way is found. Wet nurses gave way to baby formula powder, and airplane detectors’ sensitive ears were replaced by the invention of radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll be thankful for modern indoor plumbing when you learn about the jobs of fullones (collected urine to wash clothes in), nightmen (who shoveled out pit toilets), and Abtrittanbieter (walking toilets with a bucket and big cloak)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover the origin of “whipping boy” and “mad as a hatter<\/a>,” as well as how the Bow Street Runners led to modern police work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book’s illustrator even shows himself moving from traditional to digital art methods. Think about which of today’s professions are threatened with extinction as you plot your future career path!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fascinating import from Switzerland, translated from German to English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the most unusual past profession you’ve ever heard of?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Astonishing and Extinct Professions: 89 Jobs You Will Never Do \/ Markus Rottmann; illustrated by Michael Meister; translated by Ashley Curtis & Sonia Curtis. Helvetiq, 2023. [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who\u2026 cried on demand?\u2026could not afford to stumble?\u2026could hold their breath the longest? This intriguing, large-format book highlights 89 long-gone jobs, some that we’ve heard of – executioner, court jester, explorer – and others that sound entirely strange to our ears – whalebone ripper, candle trimmer, ice harvesters. From gladiators and royal tasters to switchboard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,23],"tags":[503,16,118,109,215,43,49,132,35,33],"class_list":["post-14209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historical","category-nonfiction","tag-careers","tag-determination","tag-economics","tag-entrepreneur","tag-europe","tag-growing-up","tag-memories","tag-personal-finance","tag-surprises","tag-survival"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14209"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14233,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14209\/revisions\/14233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}