The Story of Webster's Third: Philip Gove's Controversial Dictionary and Its Critics

by Herbert C. Morton

Book Overview

The publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 set off a storm of controversy in both the popular press and in scholarly journals that was virtually unprecedented in its scope and intensity. This is the first full account of the controversy, set within the larger background of how the dictionary was planned and put together by its editor-in-chief, Philip Babcock Gove. Based on original research and interviews with the people...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521461464
• ISBN13: 9780521461467
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"