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"A witty and readable (and fetchingly illustrated and glossed) excursion through the history of handwriting."** —*The Wall Street Journal*** **Let a self-confessed "penmanship nut" take you on a tour of the strange and beautiful world of handwriting. ** Since her Catholic school days learning the Palmer Method, Kitty Burns Florey has been in love with handwriting, and can't imagine a world where schools forego handwriting drills in favor of teaching something called *keyboarding*.  In this "winsome mix of memoir and call to arms" (*Chicago  Tribune*), Florey weaves together the evolution of writing implements and scripts, pen-collecting societies, the golden age of American penmanship, and the growth in popularity of handwriting analysis, and asks the question: Is writing by hand really no longer necessary in today's busy world? "Charmingly composed and handsomely presented," *Script & Scribble *traces the history of penmanship to the importance of writing by hand in an increasingly digital age (*The Boston Globe*).   *From the Trade Paperback edition.* Read More