The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published

by David Skinner and David Skinner

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"It takes true brilliance to lift the arid tellings of lexicographic fussing into the readable realm of the thriller and the bodice-ripper....David Skinner has done precisely this, taking a fine story and honing it to popular perfection."
--Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman

The Story of Ain't by David Skinner is the captivating true chronicle of the creation of Merriam...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0062027468

ISBN13:9780062027467

Release Date:October 2012

Publisher:Harper

Length:368 Pages

Weight:0.33 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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