Publication

2017 - Little A, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

95,750 words, Guess

Page Count

383 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101503933415
  • ISBN-101503933407
  • ISBN-139781503933415
  • ISBN-139781503933408
  • AmazonB01K4TXVWA
and 7 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016364247
  • OCLC Control Number979990043
  • Better World BooksW7-BNF-611
  • Better World Books9781503933408
  • Better World Books9781503933415
  • Better World BooksO6-COP-506
  • Open LibraryOL26967162M

Classifications

  • DDC080.9
  • LCCPN171.Q6 O86 2017
  • LCCPN171.Q6O86 2017

Alternate Titles

  • Hemingway did not say that

Description

Garson O'Toole -- the Internet's foremost investigator into the dubious origins of our most repeated quotations, aphorisms, and everyday sayings -- collects his efforts into a first-ever encyclopedia of corrective popular history. Containing an enormous amount of original research, this delightful compendium presents information previously unavailable to readers, writers, and scholars. It also serves as the first careful examination of what causes misquotations and how they spread across the globe. Using the massive expansion in online databases as well as old-fashioned gumshoe archival digging, O'Toole provides a fascinating study of our modern abilities to find and correct misinformation. As Carl Sagan did not say, "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

Subjects

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  • Hemingway didn't say thatLittle A2017

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