The Professor and the Madman

A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary

Autori

• Simon Winchester

Parametri

• 220 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Biografie
• Saggistica
• Storia
• Storie vere
• Tema stórico

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Describes how more than ten thousand definitions were submitted for the first Oxford English Dictionary from Dr. W. C. Minor, an American Civil War criminal whose life of genius and insanity make this true story both fascinating and unique. BOMC.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1998

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