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

Title: Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780380713813
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Published: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher Description:

"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."