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Collects the words of Americans from all walks of life, presenting more than five thousand entries in a browser-friendly, cross-referenced, and single-column format that encompasses more than five hundred topics.
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"I hate quotation. Tell me what you know." (Emerson, 1849) A Roxbury, Connecticut couple who have edited other literary dictionaries present a collection of about 6,000 such memorable quotations by people from all walks of life on some 500 aspects of American life and culture. Organized along historical lines by topic, entries covering abolition to the World Wars, youth, and zeal indicate when and where the quotation was first said, its historical background, and which version of a disputed quote is authentic. Indexing is by author, subject, and keyword. This is a revision of the Penguin Reference edition published in 1997 under the title The American Heritage Dictionary of American Quotations. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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