1989 Wordstruck by Robert MacNeil and 39 similar items
1989 Wordstruck by Robert MacNeil Autographed Paperback ISBN: 0140104011
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Estimated to arrive by Mon, Apr 28th.
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$3.25 via USPS Media Mail (2 to 9 business days) to United States
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OBO - Seller accepts offers on this item.
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PayPal accepted
PayPal Credit accepted
Venmo accepted
PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express accepted
Maestro accepted
Amazon Pay accepted
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Item traits
Category: | |
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Quantity Available: |
Only one in stock, order soon |
Condition: |
Very Good |
ISBN: |
0140104011 |
Author: |
Robert MacNeil |
Book Title: |
Wordstruck |
Language: |
English |
Format: |
Paperback |
Publisher: |
Penguin Publishing Group |
Genre: |
Autobiography |
Publication Year: |
1990 |
Narrative Type: |
Nonfiction |
Signed By: |
Author |
Signed: |
Yes |
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No combined shipping offered |
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Posted for sale: |
More than a week ago |
Item number: |
1598750802 |
Item description
Up for sale is this autographed paperback titled: Wordstruck: A Memoir by Robert MacNeil. Like new condition.
A Nova Scotia boyhood is recaptured through remembrances of early encounters with the written word and love of the language and the quiet but unforgettable special moments of youth.
The man who made the English language come alive for millions of readers and viewers with 'The Story of English' reveals his own early enchantment with the English language.
'Wordstruck' is the story of Robert MacNeil's unabashed affair with words, from his Halifax childhood awash with intriguing accents to life as a traveling journalist who "delighted in finding pockets of distinctive English, as a botanist is thrilled to discover a new variety of plant."
Each aspect of Robert MacNeil's youthful existence prompted yet another linguistic thrill. Childhood churchgoing "did not provide me with any spiritual awakening ... but it anointed me with language." His mother's passion for the natural world and his father's life as a ship's skipper gave him two more complete vocabularies. And "If you define yourself by the language you acquire as you enter different spheres," MacNeil writes, the absurd language of "cricket was another piece of my self-definition."
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