The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics - Hardcover

Pollack, John

 
9781592406234: The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1592406238 ISBN 13: 9781592406234
Verlag: Gotham Books, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

A former speechwriter for Bill Clinton provides a light-hearted exploration of puns, including the brain science and history behind them, as well as how they play out in pop culture.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Former presidential speechwriter John Pollack won the 1995 O. Henry World Championship Pun-Off. Earlier in his career, he wrote for The Hartford Courant and spent three years in Spain as a freelance foreign correspondent writing for the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Miami Herald, and Advertising Age, among others. His previous books include Cork Boat and The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent. He currently works as a speechwriter and consultant for ROI Communication, a consulting firm. He lives in New York City.

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Verlag
Gotham Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1592406238
ISBN 13 
9781592406234
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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