{"product_id":"a-dictionary-of-american-proverbs-hardcover-2","title":"A Dictionary of American Proverbs - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWolfgang Mieder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStewart A. Kingsbury\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKelsie B. Harder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eDictionary of American Proverbs\u003c\/em\u003e is a treasury of more than 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims commonly used in popular speech in the United States and Canada. As the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written sources, it includes\u003cbr\u003ethousands of uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded as well as many thousands of traditional sayings that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European, and American literature.\u003cbr\u003eThis unparalleled collection will delight the general reader as well as the specialist. Collected here are nuggets of popular wisdom on all aspects of American life: weather, agriculture, geography, travel, money, business, food, neighbors, friends, manners, government, politics, law, health, \u003cbr\u003eeducation, religion, music, song, and dance.\u003cbr\u003e Field work on the \u003cem\u003eDictionary\u003c\/em\u003e was conducted over thirty years under the direction of the Committee on Proverbial Sayings of the American Dialect Society and resulted in 15,000 records of proverbial texts which have been edited for this collection. The result is an invaluable reference for general\u003cbr\u003ereaders and students, as well as cultural historians, folklorists, linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and scholars of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.84 x 9.72 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361212645625,"sku":"9780195053999","price":160.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Q3Z6NHdZTVJLQVY2RERJalg2eXhVdz09_6a2ac934-785e-4d27-918d-be9ffc2b3422.webp?v=1769890070","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-dictionary-of-american-proverbs-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}