The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

BookThe Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words
ImprintHarper Perennial
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
Copyright HolderSimon Winchester
Designed byInterrobang Design Studio
IllustratorPhilip Hood
Cover/Jacket Design byRick Pracher
Printed byRR Donnelley
FormatTrade Paperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York, NY
Copyright1998
This Edition Published1999
Printed1999
Pages / Font242 pages
ISBN 10006099486X
Barcode (EAN)9780060994860
EAN 551300
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number98-10204
Printer's Key99 00 01 02 03 ❖/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Impression/Printing No.1
PriceUSA $13.00
PriceCANADA $19.00
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ChaptersPreface 1. The Dead of Night in Lambeth Marsh 2. The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle 3. The Madness of War 4. Gathering Earth's Daughters 5. The Big Dictionary Conceived 6. The Scholar in Cell Block Two 7. Entering the Lists 8. Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat 9. The Meeting of Minds 10. The Unkindest Cut 11. Then Only the Monuments Postscript Author's Note Acknowledgments Suggestions for Further Reading
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