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Seize the Daylight : The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time
Seize the Daylight The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time
Author: David Prerau
Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned for it. Kaiser Wilhelm first employed it. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt went to war with it, and more recently the United States fought an energy crisis with it. For several months every year, for better or worse, daylight savings time aff...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560256557
ISBN-10: 1560256559
Publication Date: 1/28/2005
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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An excellent and engaging book about the rational behind and the history of worldwide Daylight Saving Time.
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