| International Standard Book Number |
9780763690663
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| International Standard Book Number |
076369066X
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| Personal Name |
Fleischman, Paul. author.
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| Title Statement |
Alphamaniacs : builders of 26 wonders of the word / Paul Fleischman ; art by Melissa Sweet.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2020.
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| Physical Description |
144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
The invitation -- Daniel Nussbaum -- Jean-Dominique Bauby -- Thomas Urquhart -- Jessie Little Doe Baird -- Marc Okrand -- Ignatius Donnelly -- Ross Eckler -- Frederic Cassidy -- Doris Cross -- Robert Shields -- Sven Jacobson -- Mike Gold -- David Wallace -- Bohumil Hrabal -- Corín Tellado -- Raymond Queneau -- Georges Perec -- Simon Vostre -- Howard Chace -- Robert McCormick -- Mary Ellen Solt -- A. A. Morrison -- Ernst Toch -- David Bryce -- Allen Read -- Ludwik Zamenhof.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Step right up and read the genuine stories of writers so intoxicated by the shapes and sound of language that they collected, dissected, and constructed verbal wonders of the most extraordinary kind ... A love letter to all those who love words, language, writing, writers, and stories, Alphamaniacs is [an] ... illustrated collection of mini-biographies about the most daring and peculiar of writers and their audacious, courageous, temerarious way with words"--Publisher marketing.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Language and languages Miscellanea Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Publishers and publishing Miscellanea Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Literature Miscellanea Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Book industries and trade Miscellanea Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Alphabet Miscellanea Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Plays on words Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Authors Biography Juvenile literature.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Creative nonfiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Sweet, Melissa. illustrator.
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