<div>&#8220;It takes true brilliance to lift the arid tellings of lexicographic fussing into the readable realm of the thriller and the bodice-ripper&#8230;.David Skinner has done precisely this, taking a fine story and honing it to popular perfection.&#8221; &#8212;Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the MadmanThe Story of Ain&#8217;t by David Skinner is the captivating true chronicle of the creation of Merriam Webster&#8217;s Third New International Dictionary in 1961, the most controversial dictionary ever published. Skinner&#8217;s surprising and engaging, erudite and witty account will enthrall fans of Winchester&#8217;s The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything, and The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs, as it explores a culture in transition and the brilliant, colorful individuals behind it. The Story of Ain&#8217;t is a smart, often outrageous, and altogether remarkable tale of how egos, infighting, and controversy shaped one of America&#8217;s most authoritative language texts, sparking a furious language debate that the late, great author David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest) once called &#8220;the Fort Sumter of the Usage Wars.&#8221; </div>

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