made in america: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States |
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| Authors: | Bryson, Bill |
| Publisher: | William Morrow Paperbacks |
| BISAC/Subject: | HUM003000, HIS054000, LAN009010 |
| ISBN: | 9780062417411, Related ISBNs: 006241741X, 9780062417411, 9780380713813 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 480, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
“A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA Today
Bill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood…and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap “Macaroni.”
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