The incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and literary history, which began in 1857. As difinitions were collected, the overseeing committe, led by Professor Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than 10,000. When the committee wanted to honor him, shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Record details
ISBN:006099486X :
ISBN:97800609948610 :
Physical Description:X111, 242 p. : ill. ; cm. print
Book
