Description: Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Hardcover by Winchester, Simon, ISBN 0060175966, ISBN-13 9780060175962, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Subject: Lexicography, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Literary, Psychiatry / General, Historical, Linguistics / Etymology
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 1998
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Simon Winchester
Item Length: 8.2 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography, History, Medical
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover