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Tim Queeney
@timqueeney.bsky.social
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Writer w/nonfiction book “Rope” from St. Martin’s Press. Order
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& from Icon Books in the UK
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Painting dilettante. That annoying night sky fan always pointing out the Big Dipper.

Gulf of Mexico.

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Audio book fans, check out this excerpt from the audio version of my book Rope. The GooglePlay Books folks aren't fooling around, they've provided nearly an hour-long excerpt (read by the talented Timothy Andres Pabon). Enjoy! stmartinspress.bsky.social #ropebook

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Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the… by Tim Queeney · Audiobook preview
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November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Trump is making a conscious decision not to fund SNAP. This isn’t an accident — it’s intentional. It shows exactly how he feels about the American people: we’re disposable to him unless we serve his interests.
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's epic 1974 fight — famous worldwide as "The Rumble in the Jungle" — gave rise to the "rope-a-dope" controversy. What was Angelo Dundee up to and what really happened in Kinshasa? #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social

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Photo of George Foreman and Muhammad Ali during the Rumble in the Jungle fight in October 1974
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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October 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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October 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.
October 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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a great read!
timqueeney.bsky.social Tim Queeney @timqueeney.bsky.social · Oct 13
If you missed my recent Rope book talk, here's a complete video of my talk and Q&A from the audience at the Scarborough, Maine public library. #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social

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Rope book talk
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October 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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If you missed my recent Rope book talk, here's a complete video of my talk and Q&A from the audience at the Scarborough, Maine public library. #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social

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Rope book talk
YouTube video by Tim Queeney
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October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Come to the fabulous Porter Square Books in Cambridge Mass for my conversation with journalist Carol Hills about my book Rope on Wednesday Oct. 8 @ 7 pm. There will also be rope demonstrations and a book cover cookie giveaway! See the next post for a great combo of 2 things I love: books & cookies!
October 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Buy my friend @timqueeney.bsky.social fascinating new book, ROPE. There were germs, guns & steel…but rope was foundational to human civilization too!
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October 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Taylor Swift grasps the significance of rope! For her "The Life of A Showgirl" album, she posed backstage at a Broadway theater in a rope dress! Now her fans will be buying rope, learning knots & reading Rope the book(or at least buying it for their dads!😉) #ropebook stmartinspress.bksy.social
Taylor Swift posing backstage at a theater wearing a rope dress.
October 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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My interview on Jonathan Crain’s Substack. He asked great questions and I tried to come up with some good answers! #ropebook stmartinspress.bsky.social

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The Threads That Bind Civilization: An Interview with Author Tim Queeney
Tim Queeney’s father left behind more than memories—he left a knot.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Had a great chat with host Carolyn Beeler on the radio show (and podcast!) “The World” about my nonfiction book Rope and rope’s long and surprising history! Theworld.org/segments/2025/09/30/the-long-and-surprising-history-of-rope
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A program page for the World radio program and a segment on the history of rope
October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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September 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Had a fun conversation with Tommy Mischke on the GarageLogic podcast about sailing, not fishing(!) and, of course, my book Rope!
At garagelogic.com/episode/rope/

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Rope – Garage Logic
Mischke talks cowboy tornados, organic dating, and big biker gals. He also dives into the listener phone directory, and then ends the show with the book, "Rope,
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September 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Thanks, Melissa, for the great shoutout for Rope! @melissjpeltier.bsky.social
melissjpeltier.bsky.social Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · Sep 18
My friend @timqueeney.bsky.social’s new book, ROPE is ready for preorder- check out the NYT review!
IF TIM QUEENEY'S "Rope" were a movie, it would be a spinoff — an attempt to elevate a sidekick to a starring role. Queeney argues that modern society fails to appreciate how vital cordage was to the rise of civilization, and "Rope" begs us to pay more attention to his favorite character.Humankind has fashioned rope from pretty much everything at some point in history: hemp, honeysuckle, coconut husks, milkweed, walrus hide, pig bristles. (Nowadays, there's also metal "rope.") And while some uses are obvious, rope also acts as a multiplier that enhances the power of other tools. "It was rope that made the spear a thing," Queeney notes, by allowing us to bind stone points to wooden shafts. "Without rope, humanity would be stuck with throwing rocks at its prey." The oldest known scrap of rope, dating back 50,000 years, was braided by Neander-thals. Since then, rope has been a bit of a Zelig, popping up for dozens of important historical developments. Rope fishing nets have harvested the seas for millenniums. They powered the sails of ships during the Age of Exploration. No pyramids or cathedrals would reach toward the heavens without ropes to hoist blocks. The Incas used knotted ropes to record written language, as did other cultures. Even the Boston Massa-cre, a spark for the American Revolution, began as a skirmish in a rope-making shop near Boston Harbor: It's an impressive résumé, but Queeney gets a bit huffy that history books don't make rope the headliner: "It was everywhere in every society, but taken as such a basic element that when pyramids are the topic, stones are the focus.When the topic is "the history of ships sailing the world, spices and empires capture the debate." Well, yes. Has anyone ever watched a frigate glide by or gazed upon Khufu's monumental tomb and marveled over all the ropes required? Not every actor can be the romantic lead. Rope only really gets top billing in its darker applications - when it's used to whip, torture or lynch people. I w… ROPE How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization TIM QUEENEY For 3 Days Only! February 5th-7th 25% Off! WITH CODE: PREORDER25
September 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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A twist of fate, indeed! My nonfiction book Rope is reviewed in the Sunday New York Times Book Review! #ropebook
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New York Times review of the nonfiction book Rope on September 14, 2025
September 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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There are between one and two billion cars on the world's roads today; central to the control of all of them is the steering wheel. But as @timqueeney.bsky.social explains, the steering wheel evolved well away from any highway. It first appeared in the Enlightenment as a way to steer vessels at sea👇
The Symbol of the Open Road Was Born at Sea - Unseen Histories
Tim Queeney, author of the book Rope, explains the history behind the steering wheel.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Book signing on Martha’s Vineyard! Come to Edgartown Books on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and get your copy of Rope signed and let me know your favorite knot! #RopeBook EdgartownBooks.bsky.social stmartinspress.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The iconic automobile steering wheel born at sea? Iconbooks.bksy.social

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The Symbol of the Open Road Was Born at Sea - Unseen Histories
Tim Queeney, author of the book Rope, explains the history behind the steering wheel.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM