{"product_id":"the-missing-ink-philip-hensher-9780865478022","title":"The Missing Ink","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe loop of an l, the chewed-on pen, letters tiny or expansive: what we've lost in the error of typing and texting\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what a close friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. It dawned on him that having abandoned pen and paper for keyboards, we have lost one of the ways by which we come to recognize and know another person: handwriting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Ink \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of this endangered art. Hensher introduces us to the nineteenth-century handwriting evangelists who traveled across America to convert the masses to the moral worth of copperplate script; he examines the role handwriting plays in the novels of Charles Dickens; he investigates the claims made by the practitioners of graphology that penmanship can reveal personality.\u003cbr\u003e But this is also a celebration of the physical act of writing: the treasured fountain pens, chewable ballpoints, and personal embellishments that we stand to lose. Hensher pays tribute to the warmth and personality of the handwritten love note, postcards sent home, and daily diary entries. With the teaching of handwriting now required in only five states and many expert typists barely able to hold a pen, the future of handwriting is in jeopardy. Or is it? Hugely entertaining, witty, and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Ink \u003c\/i\u003ewill inspire readers to pick up a pen and write.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Hensher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865478023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865478022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.57h x 6.03w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2014 pg. 24","brand":"Philip Hensher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986745426175,"sku":"9780865478022","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3929cc2e-ee94-4cbb-9456-5ee29b081fd9.jpg?v=1683284948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-missing-ink-philip-hensher-9780865478022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}