Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Title: The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester. Author: Winchester, Simon, author. Call Number: 423.092 Win Holds: 0 Available Copies At This Library:1 (of 1) Available Copies At All Libraries:10 (of 12) Publisher, Date: New York : HarperPerennial, 2005. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998. Summary: Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary. Physical Description: xiii, 242, 16 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Subjects: Minor, William Chester. Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915. Oxford English dictionary. New English dictionary on historical principles. Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography. Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography. English language -- Lexicography. English language -- Etymology. Contents: The dead of the night in Lambeth Marsh -- The man who taught Latin to cattle -- The madness of war -- Gathering Earth's daughters -- The big dictionary conceived -- The scholar in cell block two -- Entering the lists -- Annulated, art, brick-tea, buckwheat -- The meeting of minds -- The unkindest cut -- Then only the monuments. ISBN: 9780060839789 (paperback) 0060839783 (paperback) 0060175966 006099486X (pbk.) 9780062564610 (pbk.) 0062564617 0060839783 Edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed. Notes: "P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover. "First HarperPerennial edition published 1999. Reissued 2005"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242). Place a Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Map It Suggestions and more Librarian's View Expand Cover Image Displaying 1 of 1
