000			01368cam a2200325 a 4500
001			47049886
003			OCoLC
005			20150112145412.0
008			010523s2002 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a2001038057
020			_a037540449X
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dXY4 _dDAY
050	0	0	_aPE2809 _b.L46 2002
082	0	0	_a306.44/973/09033 _221
100	1		_aLepore, Jill, _d1966- _94411
245	1	0	_aA is for American : _bletters and other characters in the newly United States / _cJill Lepore.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2002.
300			_a241 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLikeness -- Cobwebs: American language -- Universal alphabet -- Heathens: National alphabet -- Natural language -- Strange characters -- Wires: Universal communication -- Visible speech -- Epilogue: Men of progress.
650		0	_aEnglish language _zUnited States _xHistory. _94412
650		0	_aEnglish language _xSocial aspects _zUnited States. _94413
650		0	_aNational characteristics, American _xHistory. _94414
650		0	_aEnglish language _y18th century. _94415
650		0	_aEnglish language _y19th century. _94416
650		0	_aAmericanisms _xHistory. _94417
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001038057.html
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c123156 _d123156