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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780060839789
- ISBN: 0060839783
- Physical Description: xiii, 242, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First HarperPerennial edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial, 2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover. "First HarperPerennial edition published 1999. Reissued 2005"--T.p. verso. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The dead of the night in Lambeth Marsh -- The man who taught Latin to cattle -- The madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- The big dictionary conceived -- The scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat -- The meeting of minds -- The unkindest cut -- Then only the monuments. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Somerset County Library | 423 WIN (Text)
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Donated by Karen Gilmore
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