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Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 4 months ago
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Est. Publication Date - Aug 1998
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary First edition, 11th printing The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780060175962
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Hailed by the "New York Times" as "a fascinating, spicy, learned tale, " this runaway national bestseller takes an extraordinary look into literary genius, madness, and the making of the"Oxford Englis...
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