{"product_id":"righting-the-mother-tongue-from-olde-english-to-email-the-tangled-story-of-english-spelling-9780061369261","title":"Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen did \u003cem\u003eghost\u003c\/em\u003e acquire its silent \u003cem\u003eh\u003c\/em\u003e? Will cyberspace kill the one in \u003cem\u003erhubarb\u003c\/em\u003e? And was it really rocket scientists who invented spell-check? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRighting the Mother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e, author David Wolman tells the cockamamie story of English spelling, by way of a wordly adventure from English battlefields to Google headquarters. Along the way, he joins spelling reformers picketing the national spelling bee, visits the town in Belgium--not England--where the first English books were printed, and takes a road trip with the boss at Merriam-Webster Inc. Wolman punctuates the journey with spelling wars waged by the likes of Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, Theodore Roosevelt, and Andrew Carnegie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with history, pop culture, curiosity, and humor, \u003cem\u003eRighting the Mother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e explores how English spelling came to be, traces efforts to mend the code, and imagines the shape of tomorrow's words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolman, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDAVID WOLMAN is a Contributing Editor at \u003cem\u003eOutside. \u003c\/em\u003eHe has written for the \u003cem\u003eWired, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNature\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications, and his work has been anthologized in the \u003cem\u003eBest American Science and Nature Writing\u003c\/em\u003e series. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe End of Money\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRighting the Mother Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Left-Hand Turn Around the World. \u003c\/em\u003eDavid lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459895693586,"sku":"9780061369261","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc283f05-9c66-4447-b3cc-cdf9335f5ccf.jpg?v=1730012595","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/righting-the-mother-tongue-from-olde-english-to-email-the-tangled-story-of-english-spelling-9780061369261","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}