The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
- ISBN-10
- 0802853854
- ISBN-13
- 9780802853851
- Series
- The Right Word
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 42
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-09-15
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
- Author
- Jen Bryant
Description
Examines the life of Peter Mark Roget and his invention of the thesaurus.
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- 2021-04-15
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