The Professor and the Madman: a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.s.)
by Simon Winchester
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- 0060839783
- ISBN 13
- 9780060839789
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester first published in 1998. The American edition is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and was published the same year. It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon.
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- Firefly Bookstore LLC (US)
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- 411897
- Title
- The Professor and the Madman: a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.s.)
- Author
- Simon Winchester
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060839783
- ISBN 13
- 9780060839789
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- Scarborough, On, Canada
- Date Published
- July 2005
- Pages
- 288
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- Lit/Books on Books;
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