The Surgeon Of Crowthorne A Tale Of Murder, Madness And The Love Of Words

Author: Simon Winchester

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  • : $30.00 AUD
  • : 9780670878628
  • : Penguin Books
  • : Viking
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  • : 0.339
  • : November 1998
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Barcode 9780670878628
9780670878628

Local Description

1998. Reprint. A near fine copy only marked by light uniform tanning of the pages. The d/w is unclipped and fine.

Description

The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a fifty-year task requiring the assistance of thousands of volunteers - one of the keenest a W C Minor. Minor was a millionaire American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder. Here Simon Winchester tells this uplifting tale.