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Mongo : Adventures in Trash by Ted Botha is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mongo : Adventures in Trash about?

Mongo N. 1 [1970s +] An Idiot. 2 [1980s +] (us, New York) Any Discarded Object That Is Retrieved. 3. [1980s +] (us, New York) A Scrap-metal Scavenger. (the Cassell Dictionary Of Slang) When Journalist Ted Botha Moved To New York From South Africa, Where People Constructed Homes Out Of What Others Considered Trash, He Decorated His Apartment With Furniture He Found On Manhattan Streets. Soon He Realized He Wasn't The Only Person Finding Things Of Value In The Garbage, And He Began Roaming The Streets Meeting All Kinds Of Collectors, United By Their Obsession With Mongo-any Discarded Item That Is Rescued From The Trash. The Pack Rats -- The Survivalists -- The Treasure Hunter -- Anarchists -- The Visionaries -- The Dealer -- The Voyeur -- The Archaeologists -- The Preservationist -- The Cowboy. Ted Botha.

Author

Ted Botha

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781582344522

Subjects

Reference, Sociology, Science

Rating

3.87 / 5 (149 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14