Author: Jonathan Harrington GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gamblers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The reformed gambler; or, The history of the later years of the life of Jonathan H. Green
Author: Jonathan Harrington GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gamblers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming
Author: American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Young Men's Association of the City of Chicago
Author: Young Men's Association of the City of Chicago. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Early American Sport
Author: Robert William HendersonPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838616772
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
An indispensable guide and checklist for sports historians and collectors of sports publications. It has attempted to include everything printed concerning sports by both American and foreign authors that was published in the United States or Canada prior to 1860.
OK
Author: Allan MetcalfPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752524
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every day. Yet few of us know the hidden history of OK--how it was coined, what it stood for, and the amazing extent of its influence. Allan Metcalf, a renowned popular writer on language, here traces the evolution of America's most popular word, writing with brevity and wit, and ranging across American history with colorful portraits of the nooks and crannies in which OK survived and prospered. He describes how OK was born as a lame joke in a newspaper article in 1839--used as a supposedly humorous abbreviation for "oll korrect" (ie, "all correct")--but should have died a quick death, as most clever coinages do. But OK was swept along in a nineteenth-century fad for abbreviations, was appropriated by a presidential campaign (one of the candidates being called "Old Kinderhook"), and finally was picked up by operators of the telegraph. Over the next century and a half, it established a firm toehold in the American lexicon, and eventually became embedded in pop culture, from the "I'm OK, You're OK" of 1970's transactional analysis, to Ned Flanders' absurd "Okeley Dokeley!" Indeed, OK became emblematic of a uniquely American attitude, and is one of our most successful global exports. "An appealing and informative history of OK." --Washington Post Book World "After reading Metcalf's book, it's easy to accept his claim that OK is 'America's greatest word.'" --Erin McKean, Boston Globe "Entertaininga treat for logophiles." --Kirkus Reviews "Metcalf makes you acutely aware of how ubiquitous and vital the word has become." --Jeremy McCarter, Newsweek
The Ohio
Author: R. E. BantaPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813109596
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
" Originally part of the Rivers of America Series, The Ohio traces the river from its headwaters in Pittsburgh to the point it empties into the Mississippi, nearly a thousand miles and five states later. The Ohio gives us a rare portrait of the frontier era of this region, from backwoods entertainment to learning and the arts. From early exploration to land disputes, clashes with Native American inhabitants to the birth of steamboat travel, the Ohio River comes alive through the retelling of the incidents and anecdotes that shaped its history of what the French called ""the beautiful river.""
A Life's Secret
Author: Mrs. Henry WoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Union Speeches delivered in England during the present American War
Author: George Francis TrainTwelve Days in the Tombs; Or, A Sketch of the Last Eight Years of the Reformed Gambler's Life
Author: Jonathan Harrington GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description