CROOKS & CANES

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This is not your grandmother's book on canes! Crooks and Canes, Bible, Bebop, and Beyond is a page-turner. Well researched and loaded with rich illustrations, this book offers the reader a journey showing the evolution of the cane from humble stick used as an aid and for protection, to the Biblical crook as symbol of authority though the centuries, as symbol of wealth and status. During biblical times, the cane was used both for support (the beggar at Jesus's feet) and protection (the clergyman standing tall before his flock). Centuries later, the cane evolved as symbol of power and wealth. Even now Kraft Company's prosperous mascot, Mr. Peanut, sports a cane. We thus see that the stick is still with us - even in dance routines and as fashion statements by models and celebrities.