George Stewart, the world's foremost authority on place-naming, has written an engrossing dictionary that has become the standard work on the history of American first names. Stewart places names in historical and linguistic context, discussing, with his characteristic wit, each name's etymology and degree of use today. A browser's delight--a treasure trove of fascinating facts--American Given Names is also an important contribution to the history of language and to Americana.

American Given Names: Their Origin and History in the Context of the English Language (Oxford Quick Reference)

George Rippey Stewart

Reference

Oxford University Press

Storm

Sweeping across the Pacific, a devastating storm wreaks havoc on San Francisco and the California coast and then moves relentlessly toward the Sierra Nevada, burying mountain passes and railroad tracks under tons of snow. First published in 1941, Storm presaged trends in literature and ecology that would appear decades later; an engrossing novel constructed by a master storyteller, it delineates an intricate web of humanity, wildlife, and landscape, all interacting in a drama that includes the weather itself in its cast of characters. Book jacket.

University Of Nebraska Press

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History

Reprint Services Corporation

The Secret Proceedings & Debates of the Convention to Form the U. S. Constitution Philadelphia 1787

Birmingham Public Library

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