Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases

by Bartlett Jere Whiting

Book Overview

p.B. J. Whiting savors proverbial expressions and has devoted much of his lifetime to studying and collecting them; no one knows more about British and American proverbs than he. The present volume, based upon writings in British North America from the earliest settlements to approximately 1820, complements his and Archer Taylor's Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880. It differs from that work and from other standard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674219813
• ISBN13: 9780674219816
• Release Date: February 1978
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.1" x 10.0"