Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet

Robb, Don

ISBN 10: 1570916101 / ISBN 13: 9781570916106

Edité par Charlesbridge Publishing, 2007

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G1570916101I5N00

Synopsis :

Bold collage illustrations and clear prose trace the origins of our familiar letters. From the proto-Sinaitic peoples, through the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, this book follows the development of the Roman alphabet.

Includes sidebar information on punctuation, writing materials, the technology of printing, and more.

À propos de l'auteur: Don Robb began his second career in educational publishing after seven years as a teacher. After graduating from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he studied history and political science, Don taught Spanish, French, and English as a second language at the high school level in Toledo, Ohio, then later at a junior high school in Hackensack, New Jersey.

His first job in publishing was as a foreign language consultant for Holt, Rinehart. He went on to serve in a variety of editorial and marketing capacities there, and at Houghton Mifflin Co., where he became a vice president. He left that position to join Charlesbridge (then Mastery Education Corporation) in 1981.

Don is an avid reader and a writer. His particular interests are history--especially American history--science non-fiction, and mysteries.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet
Éditeur : Charlesbridge Publishing
Date d'édition : 2007
Reliure : Paperback
Illustrateur : Smith, Anne
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket