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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary
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- ISBN: 9780060839789
- ISBN: 0060839783
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 242, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial, 2005.
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| General Note: | "P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover. "First HarperPerennial edition published 1999. Reissued 2005"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242). |
| 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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| Kirtland Community College Library | PE 1617 .O94 W56 2005 | 30775305475833 | General Collection | Available | - |