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The story of English

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

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Book description: New York: Viking,. Very Good. 1986. Hard Cover. 0670804673 . 384 pages, well illustrated (many in color), maps, cloth, very good. 4th printing. 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. .

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