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Author:

Winchester, Simon.

Title:

The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Murray, James Augustus Henry--Sir--1837-1915--Friends and associates.
Minor, William Chester.
English language--Etymology.
English language--Lexicography.
Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography.
Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography.
United States--Biography.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242).

Indexed by:

NYT Bk 08/30/1998.
Kirkus 07/01/1998.
PW 07/20/1998.
LJ 08/01/1998.
Bklst 08/01/1998.

ISBN:

0060175966
9780060175962

Locations:

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

OEPC877 -- Bedford Public Library (Bedford)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls) — 423

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids) — 423

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville) — 423 W759

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque) — 423

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

KEPC896 -- Keosauqua Public Library (Keosauqua)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens) — 423 WIN

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars) — 423 WIN

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon) — 423.0924 M964w

CHPB482 -- North English Public Library (North English)

ELPC715 -- Paullina Public Library (Paullina)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella) — 423 Wi 5, p

SJPB094 -- Readlyn Community Library (Readlyn)

XEPE697 -- Red Oak Public Library (Red Oak) — 423 Win

RXPC135 -- Rockwell City Public Library (Rockwell City)

BXPC851 -- Roland Public Library (Roland)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake) — 423 Win