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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Current price: $18.99
Publication Date: October 23rd, 2001
Publisher:
William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN:
9780380713813
Pages:
480
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Description

“A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA Today

Bill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood…and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap “Macaroni.”

About the Author

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America, and The Mother Tongue. He lives in England with his wife.