Chasing the sun : dictionary makers and the dictionaries they made / Jonathon Green.
When James Murray, the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, went to visit one of his most indefatigable contributors at what Murray assumed to be a country house address, he discovered that the elusive man was in fact an inmate of the Bradmoor asylum. Throughout time, word collectors have proven...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
1996.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
| Subjects: |
Main Collection
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P327 .G74 1996 |
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| Status: | Available Request this item |