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Reading the OED: One Man One Year 21730 Pages. Paperback - 2009

by Shea, Ammon

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With sharp wit, sheer delight, and a keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the "Oxford English Dictionary," delivering an eye-crossing account of reading every word, and revealing the most obscure, hilarious gems he discovers along the way.

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TarcherPerigee, 2009. Paperback. Good. softcover, minor wear, cover crease, remainder mark on bottom text block, binding tight, pages bright, a very nice copy!
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  • Title Reading the OED: One Man One Year 21730 Pages.
  • Author Shea, Ammon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher TarcherPerigee, U.S.A.
  • Date 2009
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 280523
  • ISBN 9780399535055 / 0399535055
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.44 x 0.68 in (20.88 x 13.82 x 1.73 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects English language - Etymology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries - History and
  • Dewey Decimal Code 423.028

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Summary

An obsessive word lover's account of reading the entire Oxford English Dictionary, hailed as "the Super Size Me of lexicography."

"I'm reading the OED so you don't have to," says Ammon Shea on his slightly masochistic journey to scale the word lover's Mount Everest: the Oxford English Dictionary. In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit, sheer delight, and a documentarian's keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the OED, delivering a hair-pulling, eye-crossing account of reading every word.

From the publisher

Ammon Shea is the author of two previous books on obscure words, Depraved English and Insulting English (written with Peter Novobatzky). He read his first dictionary, Merriam Webster’s Second International, ten years ago, and followed it up with the sequel, Webster’s Third International. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Media reviews

"Oddly inspiring...Shea has walked the wildwood of our gnarled, ancient speech and returned singing incomprehensible sounds in a language that turns out to be our own."
-Nicholson Baker, New York Times Book Review

"Delicious...a lively lexicon."
-O, The Oprah Magazine

"Readworthy."
-William Safire, The New York Times Magazine

Citations

  • New York Review of Books, 12/18/2008, Page 77
  • New York Times Book Review, 08/23/2009, Page 20

About the author

Ammon Shea is the author of two previous books on obscure words, Depraved English and Insulting English (written with Peter Novobatzky). He read his first dictionary, Merriam Webster's Second International, ten years ago, and followed it up with the sequel, Webster's Third International. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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