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What would MacGyver do? : true stories of improvised genius in everyday life
- Title
- What would MacGyver do? : true stories of improvised genius in everyday life / Brendan Vaughan.
- Author
- Vaughan, Brendan.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Hudson Street Press, ©2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | T49.5 .V38 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 196 pages : illustrations; 20 cm
- Summary
- "MacGyver: Greatest action-adventure hero of 1980s television; known for relying on his scientific genius and everyday items such as paper clips, chewing gum, and a book of matches to save the day. Also known for his mullet"--Page 4 of cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Anecdotes.
- Folklore.
- Miscellanées.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- The junk in the trunk -- Amarillo ice / Cynthia Morse -- Madame Defarge saves the day / Issa Eismont -- Cómo se Dice'Acetylene torch'? / Stewart Engesser -- All he needed was an umbrella spoke and a length of green twine / Amber Adrian -- The little wrenches that I couldn't believe actually could / Harry McCoy -- (Mass)(Velocity)=Momentum / Rachel Toor -- Home improvement -- Brilliant from the heat / Geoff Milburn -- The night dad dressed in drag / Vincent O'Keefe -- All jacked up / David S. Murphy -- Exhaling with Maria / Katherine Sharp -- How the father fixed the motherboard / Matt Wood -- The chuck-it bucket / Rachel Snyder -- The extend-a-rake / Bruce Hobson -- Sic transit rodentia / Chris Kaye -- The travel chapter -- -- Good to the last sock / Paul Padial -- Bad feelings / Natasha Glasser -- To gravity! / Joshuah Bearman -- The international incident / Tyler Cabot -- A spring in the desert / Wil S. Hylton -- The telltale toilet / Daniel James -- MacGyver at the bar / David Wondrich -- Love, lust, and other complications -- The Valentine's Day miracle / Chuck Klosteman -- The golden earrings / Tiffany Funk -- The keymaster / Francine Maroukian -- Bad pants / Robin Romm -- A girl's guide to mending the unmendable / Susan Burton -- Here comes security / Kevin Fedarko -- The underwear / Renee Dale -- Trouble with the authorities -- This one time, at band camp / D.W. Martin -- The crossing / Jason Sheftell -- The vodka, the blood, and the miraculous coffee / Evan Rothman -- Seventh-period stretch / Joshua Foer -- Confessions of a preteen arsonist / Donald K. McIvor -- Pass the potato / Donnie Snow -- On the job -- MacKirk / Susan Casey -- The know-enough / A.J. Jacobs -- Bill's big day / Holly Tominack -- The scent of war / Bonnie Lynn Dunlop -- The accidental potluck party / Michelle Cromer -- Stilettos in the slush / Marie Coolman -- Where in the world is Ricky Williams? / Chris Jones -- The day I managed to untie myself from a rocket loaded with TNT and save the presidential palace of Eli Santori in the nick of time / Stacey Grenrock Woods.
- ISBN
- 1594630240
- 9781594630248
- LCCN
- 2006023707
- OCLC
- ocm70673227
- 70673227
- SCSB-1409764
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library