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Paul Dickson is the author of more than 45 nonfiction books and hundreds of magazine articles. Although he has written on a variety of subjects from ice cream to kite flying to electronic warfare, he now concentrates on writing about the American language, baseball and 20th century history.


Dickson, born in Yonkers, NY, graduated from Wesleyan University in 1961 and was honored as a Distinguished Alumnae of that institution in 2001. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy and later worked as a reporter for McGraw-Hill Publications.
Since 1968, he has been a full-time freelance writer contributing articles to various magazines and newspapers, including Smithsonian, Esquire, The Nation, Town & Country, The New York Times, The Los Angel...more


Average rating: 3.81 · 375 ratings · 80 reviews · 99 distinct works
The Joy of Keeping Score: H...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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The Unwritten Rules of Base...
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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The Hidden Language of Base...
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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Sputnik
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings9 editions
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Bill Veeck: Baseball's Grea...
4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012
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The New Dickson Baseball Di...
4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 24 ratings7 editions
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Baseball's Greatest Quotati...
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions
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Slang: The Topical Dictiona...
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
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War Slang: American Fightin...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings6 editions
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