{"product_id":"the-zipper-marcus-hale-9798188769338","title":"The Zipper: The Improbable Story of the Little Machine That Fastened the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor seventy years, the zipper was a failure. Patented and forgotten in 1851, unveiled to an indifferent public in 1893, it jammed, sprang open, and embarrassed nearly everyone who dared to sew it into a garment. Then a Swedish engineer counted the teeth and quietly changed how the modern world holds itself together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Zipper\u003c\/i\u003e traces the improbable, century-long journey of an object so ordinary we no longer see it: from a sewing-machine tycoon who let the idea slip away, to the restless salesman who invented too many things, to the wartime money belts and flight suits that finally proved it worked, to the quiet Japanese firm that now turns out billions of them every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the man who patented the first garment fastener never bothered to build it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the word 'zipper' was born from a pair of rubber boots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1937 'Battle of the Fly' that ended the button's reign in menswear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow a single company came to smelt its own brass to control every tooth it makes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeticulously researched and told with wit, this is popular history at its most surprising: a small device, and the large story of how everyday things become invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Hale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798188769338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Marcus Hale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665962668287,"sku":"9798188769338","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-zipper-marcus-hale-9798188769338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}