The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations
- ISBN-10
- 0195168232
- ISBN-13
- 9780195168235
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 898
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Margaret Miner, Hugh Rawson
Description
Collects the words of Americans from all walks of life, presenting more than five thousand entries in a browser-friendly, cross-referenced, and single-column format that encompasses more than five hundred topics.
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