Dr. Johnson's Dictionary : The Extraordinary Story of the Book That Defined the World by Henry Hitchings
Dr. Johnson's Dictionary : The Extraordinary Story of the Book That Defined the World
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Henry Hitchings
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Dr. Johnson's Dictionary : The Extraordinary Story of the Book That Defined the World

Henry Hitchings

288 pages • first pub 2005 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of the YearIn 1746, Samuel Johnson undertook the Herculean task of writing the first comprehensive English dictionary. Imagining he could complete the job in three years, Johnson in fact took more than eight, and ...

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