Made in America - An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

Informationen zum Autor Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer , A Short History of Nearly Everything , At Home , A Walk in the Woods , Neither Here nor There , Made in America , and The Mother Tongue . He lives in England with his wife. Klappentext Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue , now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni." Zusammenfassung Bill Bryson! bestselling author of The Mother Tongue ! now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bill Bryson
• Editore: William Morrow
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.1996
• EAN: 9780380713813
• ISBN: 978-0-380-71381-3
• Pagine: 496
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Fumetti, cartoni, humour, satira; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Education, Sociology, Popular Culture, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Reference works, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Humour collections and anthologies, Travel and holiday, Language learning: writing skills, Dictionaries, North America (USA and Canada), Creative writing and creative writing guides, Historical and comparative linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HUMOR: Form / Essays, HISTORY: North America, HISTORY: Reference, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / General, COMPOSITION & WRITING: ON LANGUAGE, REFERENCE: Dictionaries, TRAVEL: Reference, EDUCATION: Reference, Composition & Writing / On Language