The long and surprising history of rope
by editors@theworld.org (Jenna Gadbois) from The World: Latest Stories on (#70E3R)
Author Tim Queeney has a new book out, "Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization," that delves into the ways rope has been used - for good and ill - through human history. He tells Host Carolyn Beeler that this global story is both magnificent and very dark.