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 Webster s Third New International Dictionary in 1961, the most controversial dictionary ever published. Skinner s ...
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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 Webster s Third New International Dictionary in 1961, the most controversial dictionary ever published. Skinner s surprising and engaging, erudite and witty account will enthrall fans of Winchester s The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything, and The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs, as it explores a culture in transition and the brilliant, colorful individuals behind it. The Story of Ain t is a smart, often outrageous, and altogether remarkable tale of how egos, infighting, and controversy shaped one of America s most authoritative language texts, sparking a furious language debate that the late, great author David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest) once called the Fort Sumter of the Usage Wars. "
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