by Ted Botha · Bloomsbury USA · tapa dura · ISBN 9781582344522
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«Mongo: Adventures in Trash» is a non-fiction book by Ted Botha, published by Bloomsbury USA in hardcover (288 pages, in English).
After moving to New York, South African journalist Ted Botha finds furniture on the street and discovers a community of mongo collectors, any discarded and recovered object. He portrays from those who search for jewels in the sewers to those who gather rare books, with motivations ranging from play to activism or addiction.
First edition published on June 26, 2004. The book is organized into portraits of collectors as survivors, treasure hunters, archaeologists and preservationists.
Fans of urban sociology and collecting, and readers of true stories about New York.
