{"product_id":"righting-the-mother-tongue-david-wolman-9780061369261","title":"Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen did \u003cem\u003eghost\u003c\/em\u003e acquire its silent \u003cem\u003eh\u003c\/em\u003e? Will cyberspace kill the one in \u003cem\u003erhubarb\u003c\/em\u003e? And was it really rocket scientists who invented spell-check? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRighting the Mother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e, author David Wolman tells the cockamamie story of English spelling, by way of a wordly adventure from English battlefields to Google headquarters. Along the way, he joins spelling reformers picketing the national spelling bee, visits the town in Belgium--not England--where the first English books were printed, and takes a road trip with the boss at Merriam-Webster Inc. Wolman punctuates the journey with spelling wars waged by the likes of Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, Theodore Roosevelt, and Andrew Carnegie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with history, pop culture, curiosity, and humor, \u003cem\u003eRighting the Mother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e explores how English spelling came to be, traces efforts to mend the code, and imagines the shape of tomorrow's words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Wolman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061369268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061369261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.44w x 0.55d","brand":"David Wolman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946136076543,"sku":"9780061369261","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1f2a5c5f-962b-406d-9aef-ed6d9c928c52.jpg?v=1681511715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/righting-the-mother-tongue-david-wolman-9780061369261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}