Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

"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."

Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 10/23/2001
Pages: 480
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780380713813


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/15/1996

About the Author
Bryson, Bill: -

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.