If, after reading this essay, you decide you might want to peruse some almanac(k)s yourself, the Internet Archive has many: https://archive.org/search.php?quer

If, after reading this essay, you decide you might want to peruse some almanac(k)s yourself, the Internet Archive has many: https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3Aalmanac+OR+title%3Aalmanack+AND+mediatype%3Atexts&and%5B%5D=lending___status%3A%22is_readable%22&sort=publicdate https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3Aalmanac+OR+titl...