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Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
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Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes Unknown - 2009

by Albert Jack

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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.

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TarcherPerigee, September 2009. Unknown. Used - Very Good. Good conditoin. No rips, tears, or stains. Text is clean and completely readable.
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  • Title Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
  • Author Albert Jack
  • Binding Unknown
  • Edition Original
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher TarcherPerigee, New York, New York
  • Date September 2009
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 229245
  • 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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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.

From the publisher

Albert Jack’s Red Herrings and White Elephants was a huge international hit and was on the bestsellers list for sixteen months. His second, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep was another success: selling over 70,000 copies. He is also the author of That's Bollocks! (all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends as told in Jack's inimitable style) and Albert Jack's Ten-Minute Mysteries.

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Citations

  • Library Journal Annex, 10/19/2009, Page 0

About the author

Albert Jack's Red Herrings and White Elephants was a huge international hit and was on the bestsellers list for sixteen months. His second, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep was another success: selling over 70,000 copies. He is also the author of That's Bollocks! (all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends as told in Jack's inimitable style) and Albert Jack's Ten-Minute Mysteries.

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