The story of English

by McCRUM, ROBERT CRAN, WILLIAM and, MacNEIL, ROBERT

First Thus

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New York: Viking,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Thus. Hard Cover. 0670804673 . 384 pages, well illustrated (many in color), maps, cloth, very good. 1st American edition. A companion volume to the PBS television series, a stimulating history of the English language. Contents: An English-Speaking World, The Mother Tongue, A Muse of Fire, The Guid Scots Tongue, The Irish Question, Black on White, Pioneers! O Pioneers!, The Echoes of an English Voice, The New Englishes, Epilogue: Next Year's Words. .

Bookseller: Military History Bookshop (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 17512
Format/binding: Hard Cover
Book condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0670804673
ISBN 13: 9780670804672
Publisher: Viking,
Place: New York
Date published: 1986
Keywords: STORY, ENGLISH, LANGUAGE, HISTORY
Subjects: FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General;

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