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The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman

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The Professor and the Madman

by Simon Winchester

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MJF Books, 1998. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words is a book by Simon Winchester first published in 1998. The American edition is called The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and was published the same year. It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon.

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Title
The Professor and the Madman
Author
Simon Winchester
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Hardcover
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ISBN 10
1606711385
ISBN 13
9781606711385
Publisher
MJF Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1998

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