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FLEXNER, STUART BERG - Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past

Title: Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past
Description: Simon and Schuster, 1982. Hardcover. ISBN: 0671248952. Clean book, very good binding, DJ has creases, edge tears. 591 pages. Includes topics such as Alaska, Seward's Folly and Eskimos; Alligators and Crocodiles; Ambulance and Ambulance Chasers; Baseball; Basketball; Beards and Barbershops; Bohemians, the Left Bank and the Lost Generation; Cigars and Cigarettes; The Movies; Organized Crime; Common Last Names; Sunday and Blue Laws, Wild Animals, etc;. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0671248952 Words Language Grammar English Language -- Etymology American Slang American Idioms Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past Eskimos Al Capone Gay and Lesbian Barbershops

Price: US$ 12.00 Seller: Bookshop Baltimore
- Book number: 22600

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