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Loading... Peter Mark Roget: The Man Who Became a Book (Pocket Essential series)by Nick Rennison
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A broad overview of Roget's life and career, which of course included much more than his work on the thesaurus. Well done. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Every day, thousands of people worldwide consult Roget's Thesaurus. How many stop to consider why that endlessly useful reference book is so called? How many know anything about the man behind it? Nick Rennison's biography reveals the full story of Roget's involvement with the great issues and the great personalities of the 19th century and recounts the forgotten life behind one of the most famous of all reference books. No library descriptions found. |
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