Bath Toys Lost at Sea
March 10, 2011 Thursday AT 3PM CT

 
 

In 1992, a storm in the North Pacific toppled shipping containers from the deck of a ship, sending thousands of toy rubber duckies into the sea. Journalist Donovan Hohn tells their story, connecting the makers, buyers, oceanographers and beachcombers who dot the trail of this iconic bath toy’s trip around the world.



Guest
  • Donovan Hohn, journalist and author of Moby-Duck
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