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Wordstruck: A Memoir
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Wordstruck: A Memoir
The man who made the English language come alive for millions of readers and viewers with The Story of English reveals his own early enchantment with
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Published
February 22nd 1992
by Random House Value Publishing
(first published 1989)
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I really enjoyed this book. His story seems storybook perfect where he has a naval captain, stern father, books everywhere, loving family, didn't wear his first long pants until he was twelve. ?! Very worthwhile read.
he brings us back to the moment of discovery. the feelings, honesty, and clarity are some of the strong points that make the piece. i can relate to it a lot. an enjoyable read.
This book is SO BORING! Don't read it! I'm a major lover of words - I like terms like logophile and verbivore - and this book was such a disappointment. No wonder I got it for a dollar. The author mostly just babbles on about his family and his childhood in Nova Scotia. There is very little in here about words. What little there is was also quite dull to read. I am not usually one to complain about books, especially books about being in love with language, but this book will bore you to sleep. I...more
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Even though it took me a while to finish reading this book, I still enjoyed it. I too have been Wordstruck, so I can easily relate to the feelings of the author. And getting the chance to see how he grew to love the language so much was a nice experience.
I read this book in a day. It's too bad he left the MacNeil / Lehrer band. They rocked, in that PBS kind of way.
Mostly personal, but with some entertaining observations about language.
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Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, OC, is currently a novelist and formerly was a television news anchor and journalist who paired with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1975. MacNeil has also written several books, many about his career as a journalist, but, since his retirement from NewsHour, MacNeil has also dabbled in writing novels.
He attended Dalhousie University and later gr...more
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“If you love the language, the greatest thing you can do to ensure its survival is not to complain about bad usage but to pass your enthusiasm to a child. Find a child and read to it often the things you admire, not being afraid to read the classics.”
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“He always wrote on the flyleaf of each new book the date and where he was, so I can follow him: reading Chesterton just after they were married in November 1929, Scottish poets the following spring.”
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