The Professor and the Madman

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

Auteurs

• Simon Winchester

Paramètres

• 220 pages
• 8 heures de lecture

• Biographies et réflexions
• Fiction

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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.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 1998
• Reliure: (souple),
• État du livre: Bon
• Prix: 2,79 €