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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of the national conflicts stemming from the creation of the first definitive American English dictionary shares insights into how ensuing power struggles among lexicographers, scholars, and publishers underpinned the nation's founding and growth.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.
