Albert Jack

Broschiertes Buch

The Old Dog and Duck

The Secret Meanings of Pub Names

Beschreibung

Suitable for those who have ever wondered why pubs should be called The Cross Keys, The Dew Drop Inn or The Hope and Anchor, this title brings together the stories behind pub names to reveal how they offer subversive insights on our history, customs, attitudes and jokes in just the same way that nursery rhymes do.

Autor

Albert Jack has written a series of bestselling books that explore the strange stories behind things we take for granted: that's everything from nursery rhymes - Pop Goes the Weasel - to everyday phrases - Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep. When not engaged in research, he lives somewhere between Guildford and Cape Town, where he divides his time between fast living and slow horses, neat vodka and untidy pubs. This is the book he has always wanted to write.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780141043432
• ISBN-10: 0141043431
• Artikelnr.: 33628333