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Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes Paperback - 2009
by Albert Jack
From the international bestselling author of "Red Herrings and White Elephants" comes this quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes and the strange tales that inspired them.
Summary
From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants—a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.
Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn’t about the plague, then what is it really about?
This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them—from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.
Read Albert Jack's posts on the Penguin Blog.
Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn’t about the plague, then what is it really about?
This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them—from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.
Read Albert Jack's posts on the Penguin Blog.
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- Title Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
- Author Albert Jack
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee, New York, New York
- Date 2009-09-29
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780399535550 / 0399535551
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.18 x 4.28 x 0.56 in (20.78 x 10.87 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Nursery rhymes, English - History and, Nursery rhymes, English - Sources
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009025233
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.809
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Citations
- Library Journal Annex, 10/19/2009, Page 0
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