Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
Autore di The Game of Words
Sull'Autore
The late Willard Espy wrote more than fifteen books on language & other subjects. His works include "An Almanac of Words at Play", "The Garden of Eloquence", & "Have a Word on Me". (Bowker Author Biography)
Fonte dell'immagine: Louise and Willard Espy, 1981
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Opere di Willard R. Espy
Say it my way : how to avoid certain pitfalls of spoken English together with a decidedly informal history of how our… (1980) 43 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1910-12-11
- Data di morte
- 1999-02-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- United States of America
- Luogo di nascita
- Oysterville, Washington, USA
- Relazioni
- Espy, Freddy Medora (daughter)
Plimpton, George (son in law) - Organizzazioni
- http://espyfoundation.org/
Utenti
Recensioni
O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun: An Etymology… di Willard R. Espy
3/14/22
Born old? Try this! If you like "Wordy Gurdy" you'll love "Words at Play"!
A happy story: I started The Lightning Thief, a children's book,and then received this book. The first chapter of O Thou deals with words taken from Greek gods, and each entry in the chapter tells a little about each god and why he was important. The Lightning Thief is the story of a boy who is half-god and he is being sought by many other Greek mythological creatures. O Thou gave me enough info about each god and mythological creature mentioned in The Lightning Thief to help me anticipate events in the story. Very nice.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 25
- Utenti
- 1,273
- Popolarità
- #20,147
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 51
- Preferito da
- 3
