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“It takes true brilliance to lift the arid tellings of lexicographic fussing into the readable realm of the thriller and the bodice-ripper....David Skinner has done precisely this, taking a fine story and honing it to popular perfection.”—Simon Winchester, __New York Times__ bestselling author of __The Professor and the Madman__ __The Story of Ain’t__ by David Skinner is the captivating true chronicle of the creation of __Merriam Webster’s Third New International Dictionary__ in 1961, the most controversial dictionary ever published. Skinner’s surprising and engaging, erudite and witty account will enthrall fans of Winchester’s __The Professor and the Madman__ and __The Meaning of Everything__, and __The Know-It-All__ by A.J. Jacobs, as it explores a culture in transition and the brilliant, colorful individuals behind it. __The Story of Ain’t__ is a smart, often outrageous, and altogether remarkable tale of how egos, infighting, and controversy shaped one of America’s most authoritative language texts, sparking a furious language debate that the late, great author David Foster Wallace (__Infinite Jest__) once called “the Fort Sumter of the Usage Wars.”

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Author

David Skinner

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062027467

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, History

Rating

3.1 / 5 (244 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14