A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK with SPIKE CARLSEN
A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK with SPIKE CARLSEN Spike Carlsen has been writing for more than 20 years. His first book, “A Splintered History of Wood” in 2009 became Amazon’s No.1 Mover and Shaker. Now, after writing many more books and articles he has come up with: “A Walk Around the Block.” In a recent interview with TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer, Carlsen said there are stories behind everything – in the random things that are all around us. He commented that we read books about going up Mt. Everest, sailing down the Amazon, going to the Moon, but we do not know much about what is just outside our front door. What do we know about the squirrels, the pigeons, what is in the trash? Why do we have manhole covers? What is the history of front porches? What are the secrets in a stoplight? Spike has had a most interesting life – “a checkered past.” He now lives in Minnesota, USA and over the years has worked as a carpenter, taught at an elementary school in Denver, worked as a teacher in Tanza...