A review by momey
The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language by Peter Martin

5.0

I thought this description of the politics and personalities behind the dictionary (and a facet of nation building really) was interesting and written interestingly. Honestly though I enjoyed the tale of the eccentric author of the OED (The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary) much more. I loved the description of how that author compiled the words and their definitions whereas the power plays, arguments and cranky old-man ego recounts kind of overshadowed the tale of the man and his vision so-to-speak.