Chasing the sun: dictionary-makers and the dictionaries they made

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Samuel Johnson believed that the lexicographer was no more than a harmless drudge. This book reveals that the reverse is true, as the creator of the dictionary becomes more of a deity because of his involvement with words. This is the story of the lexicographer and his obsession with language.

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