Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns by Ruhem, Benjamin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780670454129.

The boomerang comes from the primitive world of the Australian plain--but to dismiss it as a charming Stone Age toy is a Space Age error corrected in all its intriguing dimensions in this witty, informative, and lively book. Exploring ancient lore and modern scientific investigation, providing plans for the simplest on to the most complex of boomerangs, describing the feats of boomerang fanciers all over the globe while carefully instructing the neophyte in how to stage his own games, Benjamin Ruhe makes clear why the boomerang is called the "thinking mans Frisbee." Like his book, the boomerang is partly serious, partly sporting, mildly eccentric--and just plain fun.