The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way.

BRYSON, Bill.

$50.00

Item Number: 145214

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1990.

First edition of this remarkable history of the English language from the author of ‘The Lost Continent.’ Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Gamarello. Jacket painting by Tom Carry. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.

In 'The Mother Tongue,' we find a complete chronology of language, from the first murmurings of the cavepeople to the wide-reaching explosion of English. With classic journalistic style, Bryson takes readers on a journey through comical scenarios and formal truths, all pointing the way to our time-honored rules of communication. "Bill Bryson has joyfully mined the rich ore of English to produce a treasure of a book about the treasure of our tongue" (Richard Lederer, Author of 'Crazy English).