American Tongue and Cheek: A Populist Guide to Our Language
- ISBN-10
- 0140060847
- ISBN-13
- 9780140060843
- Category
- Humor / General
- Pages
- 219
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Author
- Jim Quinn
Description
I admit that we have a little trouble - at least I have a little trouble with the Rabbi Louis Paris Hall of Heroes Gold Medallion . At first reading , I thought there was a rabbi named Louis Paris Hall , and an organization called ...
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