Twentieth Century American Nicknames

Twentieth Century American Nicknames
Author: Laurence Urdang
Publisher: New York : H. W. Wilson
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1979
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Contains the nicknames of well-known people, miscellaneous items, roads, restaurants, government agencies, companies, other organizations, and equipment and weapons.

American Surnames

American Surnames
Author: Elsdon Coles Smith
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1986
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780806311500

Surnames. We all have them, but whose names were they originally? Whose are they? What do they mean and where do they come from? Elsdon Smith, America's leading authority on names, is the one man who definitely knows, and his book, American Surnames, is designed to answer these questions and more ...

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1090
Release: 1910
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

The History of College Nicknames, Mascots and School Colors

The History of College Nicknames, Mascots and School Colors
Author: Gary Hudson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2019-11-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1796072575

This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of his book on schools that have Division 1A Football programs, because all the athletic programs at those schools will also compete in Division 1A sports. Consequently, those schools tend to get more exposure in the media, thereby drawing more attention and curiosity to the college sports fan.

The American Language

The American Language
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 798
Release: 1945
Genre: Americanisms
ISBN: 0394400763