The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published

by David Skinner and David Skinner

Book Overview

"It takes true brilliance to lift the arid tellings of lexicographic fussing into the readable realm of the thriller and the bodice-ripper....David Skinner has done precisely this, taking a fine story and honing it to popular perfection."
--Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman

The Story of Ain't by David Skinner is the captivating true chronicle of the creation of Merriam...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062027468
• ISBN13: 9780062027467
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"