The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the
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This book is fascinating! Who would have thought writing a dictionary could be so interesting? I don't read a lot of non-fiction but this was worth it. Anyone interested in language shoud read this and he or she will never take for granted the fact that dictionaries are a dime a dozen in our society. How could they after knowing what a massive undertaking writing the Oxford English Dictionary was?
Released at book swap meeting in Brooklyn, NY.
