The Professor and the Madman
by Winchester, Simon
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0736644210
- ISBN 13
- 9780736644211
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Synopsis
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester first published in 1998. The American edition is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and was published the same year. It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- EC13142BB
- Title
- The Professor and the Madman
- Author
- Winchester, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0736644210
- ISBN 13
- 9780736644211
- Publisher
- Books on Tape, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Newport Beach, California
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- AUDIOBOOK AUDIO CASSETTE UNABRIDGED BOOKS ON TAPE BIOGRAPHY AUTHORS HISTORICAL BRITISH LINGUISTICS ENCYCLOPEDIAS & DICTIONARIES NONFICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Audio; Books on Tape; Biography / Authors & Writers; Audio / Books on Tape; Audio / Audio Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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