made in america: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

by Bill Bryson

Overview

“A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA Today

Bill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood…and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap “Macaroni.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062417411
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	438,422
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America, and The Mother Tongue. He lives in England with his wife.

Hometown:

Hanover, New Hampshire

Date of Birth:

1951

Place of Birth:

Des Moines, Iowa

Education:

B.A., Drake University, 1977