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Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English by Rosemarie OstlerRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 9.9 MbOverview: What does it mean to talk like an American? According to John Russell Bartlett’s 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms, it means indulging in outlandish slang—splendiferous, scrumptious, higgeldy piggedly—and free-and-easy word creation—demoralize, lengthy, gerrymander. American English is more […]

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Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism, and Mothering by Rosemarie Freeney Harding Requirements: .PDF reader, 2 MBOverview: An activist influential in the civil rights movement, Rosemarie Freeney Harding’s spirituality blended many traditions, including southern African American mysticism, Anabaptist Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism, and Afro-Brazilian Candomblé. Remnants, a multigenre memoir, demonstrates how Freeney Harding’s spiritual life and […]

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