The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the love of words by Simon Winchester, Will Self

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the love of words

Simon Winchester, Will Self

199 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography history psychology reference informative slow-paced
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Hidden within the rituals of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary is a fascinating mystery. Professor James Murray was the distinguished editor of the OED project. Dr. William Chester Minor, an American surgeon who had served in the Civil...

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