Journalist Ted Botha takes the maxim "One man's trash is another man's treasure" as the thesis for his look into the world of nonprofessional garbage collectors. He visits with dozens of New York City residents--people of all ages, income levels and motives--who rescue an amazing variety of discarded items, or mongo, from the city's ample supply of trash.

Bloomsbury USA, 288 pages
06/26/2004
$23.95

ISBN: 1582344523

Nonfiction
Social Sciences

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