All Those Wonderful Names: A Potpourri of People, Places, and Things

by J.N. Hook

Celebrates American names of every stripe, color and variety, highlighting the most amusing, fascinating and arcane. It features popular first names, common surnames (by national origin) and gossip on celebrities who've changed their names. The strangest, funniest, most descriptive or imaginative names parents have given their children are included plus realistic guidelines for naming your newborn. An entire chapter is devoted to placenames--towns,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471530115
• ISBN13: 9780471530114
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"