Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes by Jack, Albert

Pop Goes the Weasel: Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780399535550)

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Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes by Jack, Albert

Pop Goes the Weasel: Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

$14.00
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes by Jack, Albert

Pop Goes the Weasel: Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

$14.00
Format: Paperback
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From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.

Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then what is it really about?

This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them--from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.

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Author: Albert Jack
ISBN-10: 0399535551
ISBN-13: 9780399535550
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.18h x 4.28w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Annex 10/19/2009
By Albert Jack
By Albert Jack
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Albert Jack's Red Herrings and White Elephants was a huge international hit and was on the bestsellers list for sixteen months. His second, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep was another success: selling over 70,000 copies. He is also the author of That's Bollocks! (all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends as told in Jack's inimitable style) and Albert Jack's Ten-Minute Mysteries.

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