Dictionary of misinformation / Tom Burnam.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Burnam, Tom.

Contributor:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
• The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Common fallacies.

Genre:

• Dictionaries.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
• Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
• Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 302 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, established 1834, [1975]

Notes:

• "'The Dictionary of Misinformation' contains hundreds of false facts, misquotations, and bits of buncombe ... Each entry gives the fact as it is falsely known, gives the true facts, and frequently tells an interesting story behind them. The articles run from several lines to several pages, and they are arranged in alphabetical order to facilitate reference, rumination, and pure delight."--Dust jacket.
• "Designed by Ingrid Beckman."

Local Notes:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
• Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
• Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
• Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1976".

ISBN:

0690001479 :

OCLC:

1365242