Nativist, xenophobe, and anti-immigration pamphleteer, Samuel Morse was known in his day for more than the telegraphic code that bears his name--on...
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Feb 08, 2010
BJM
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Intersection between American history and the cultural importance of language as identity. Each chapter covered another fascinating story, LOVED this book.
Jul 02, 2008
helena
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I'm reading this for a bookclub, and as a wordy nerd, I thought I'd find it super fascinating. Unfortunately, this book is DREADFULLY DULL. I'm about 50 pages in, and the author has in those 50 pages repeated the same 10 pages of material 5 times over. I got the point the first time, thanks.
So. This is a book I shall not be finishing.
So. This is a book I shall not be finishing.
Apr 15, 2008
Colin
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A somewhat interesting book on the history of writing and alphabets in the early United States. It does get a bit dry in parts though (even for me, and I'm into this sort of thing).
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