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MADE IN AMERICA An Informal History of the English Language in the United States.
by BILL BRYSON
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 068810312X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688103125
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WILLIAM MORROW AND CO Black cloth quarter binding over blue paper covered boards with silver blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. xii + 418 pp First Printing of the US Edition 1994. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- Very mild general shelf soiling/ wear, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - no notable shelf rubbing, non price clipped - cover $23. No other notable defects to book or jacket).
Synopsis
Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.Buy this book at once and have a nice day!
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132491
- Title
- MADE IN AMERICA An Informal History of the English Language in the United States.
- Author
- BILL BRYSON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition USA
- ISBN 10
- 068810312X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688103125
- Publisher
- WILLIAM MORROW AND CO
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- February 1995
- Keywords
- Made in America, Bill Bryson, The Origin of Words, Language, American History,
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