Hendrickson, Robert

Includes anecdotes, legends and bon mots about famous and infamous American literary figures.

Traces the history of more than 15,000 English words and phrases, including slang, proverbs, plant and animal names, place-names, phrases from literature, nicknames, historical expressions, and foreign-language expressions.

Chronicles the final year of the Civil War and discusses the major events that took place during this time and led to the end of the war.

Traces the history of over nine thousand English words and phrases, including slang, proverbs, plant and animal names, place-names, phrases from literature, nicknames, historical expressions, and foreign-language expressions.