The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)
by Simon Winchester
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- 0060839783
- ISBN 13
- 9780060839789
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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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- More Than Words Inc. (US)
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- BOS-W-13d-01077
- Title
- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)
- Author
- Simon Winchester
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060839783
- ISBN 13
- 9780060839789
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- Scarborough, On, Canada
- This edition first published
- July 5, 2005
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