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Chock-full of advice that's stood the test of time, Ask the Past is the tongue-in-cheek compilation of amusing and true answers to life's questions, drawn from actual antique sourcebooks by the historian and bibliophile. Predicated on the favorite blog, Ask the Past offers absolutely serious yet now uproariously funny advice culled by Yale University-trained historian Archibald from the exceptional books she's uncovered in her research. Whether it's 18th-century methods for ridding your abode of bedbugs (sprinkle bed with gunpowder and let smolder) or a 16th-century guide how to rating (do not complete gas), Ask the Past is a wildly interesting take on traditional advice books, a postmillennial Miss Manners for the overeducated, overread, and excessively ironic. Ask the Past is the perfect present full of tips, tips, and curiosities that no person can resist.
