Wordcatcher: An Odyssey Into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words

by Phil Cousineau

Book Overview

Who knew that the great country of Canada is named for a mistake? How about bedswerver, the best Elizabethan insult to hurl at a cheating boyfriend? By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words in Wordcatcher, readers are lured by language and entangled in etymologies. Author Phil Cousineau takes us on a tour into the obscure territory of word origins with great erudition and endearing curiosity. The English poet W. H. Auden was once...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573444006
• ISBN13: 9781573444002
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Viva Editions
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher