Alphabetical. How Every Letter Tells a Story. (signd).

ROSEN, Micael.:

ISBN 10: 1848548869 / ISBN 13: 9781848548862

Published by London: John Murray, 2013

About this Item

"How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the history of the alphabet in twenty-six vivid chapters, fizzing with personal anecdotes and fascinating facts." Pp.xvi/431, signed by the author to title page. aBlack boards, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

Seller Inventory # 53047

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alphabetical. How Every Letter Tells a Story. (signd).
• Publisher: London: John Murray
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848548869
• ISBN 13: 9781848548862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • MISCELLANEOUS

About this title

Synopsis

Tracing modern letter shapes to ancient Phoenician pictograms for everyday objects and revealing the faux archaic 'ye' to be a memory of the Old English letter 'thorn', writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen shows the alphabet to be a rich source of stories and curiosities as he explores how we arrived at our 26 letters. There are discussions of lost letters and accents, oddities of pronunciation and spelling, and digressions on such topics as typewriters and the psychology of typefaces.

About the Author

Michael Rosen was born in 1946 in North London and read English at Oxford. He is a former Children's Laureate and is the bestselling author ofWe're Going on a Bear Hunt, which won the Smarties Best Book of the Year Award, and many other books. He presentsWord of Mouthon BBC Radio 4. This is the book he has always wanted to write.