Thomas Crapper: Lavatory Legend (Children's Historical Biographies)
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Thomas Crapper didn't just come from a plumbing family — he came from a dynasty of seventeen plumbers, four of them also named Thomas Crapper. This meticulously researched biography draws on previously unpublished material to go far deeper than the legend: from his Yorkshire childhood surrounded by early steam and shipbuilding technology to seventeen patents, royal commissions, and a surprising connection to Roman Abramovich. Profusely illustrated with a page of images for every page of text, it is essential reading for anyone who wants the real story behind Victorian sanitation's greatest name.
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