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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
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Author: Bill Bryson

In this informative yet curiously funny book Bill Bryson, of travel-writing fame, tackles the quirks...
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ISBN-10: 0380715430
ISBN-13: 9780380715435
Mar 1996
Publisher: Avon Books
270 pages
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Language: English
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In this informative yet curiously funny book Bill Bryson, of travel-writing fame, tackles the quirks and growing pains of the English language.

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Length:270 pages
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:7.2 oz

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A history of the English language written in a non-technical manner for a general audience. Bryson begins with language's Neanderthal origins and goes on the describe the key people and events that have shaped English into its modern form and character. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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