Greasers, coffee sniffers, brabeners

Brabenař, valchář, paterník, mastičkář, brtník, etc. interesting, even bizarre names. As the subtitle reveals, they are occupations that belong to times more or less long gone. The authors of the book searched archives, regional museums, memorials and other sources like true detectives and often discovered real treasures. Thanks to them, we get our hands on a work that is unique in its conception and full of amazing information, from which we learn in an entertaining way how our ancestors used to make a living and why they did it at all. The text, which breathes the atmosphere of times long gone, is accompanied by witty illustrations, poems and contemporary anecdotes.