made in america: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 006241741X
- ISBN-13
- 9780062417411
- Series
- Made in America
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-02
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Bill Bryson
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.”
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- 2016-09-08
- 566 pages
- Paperback
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- 2015-04-14
- 174 pages
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