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>From: Wayne Douglass[SMTP:wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 1997 9:26 AM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: Second Oldest Profession?
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>At 10:34 AM 7/22/97 -0400, Beth Agnew wrote:
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>>I'd like your input on the Technical Writer inHistory.
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>My recommendation to the Tech Writing Hall of Fame is _Model Railroading_, a
>1950 Bantam paperback prepared by the editorial staff of the Lionel
>Corporation. Everything you could possibly want in technical communication
>is here: terrific illustrations of locomotives and yard layouts, wiring
>diagrams, tabular presentation where appropriate, and best of all, a clear
>writing style that hits its target audience between the eyes. The cover
>blurb says: "Up-to-date. Accurate." What more do you want?
>--Wayne
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