Bibliograph

OK, the improbable story of America's greatest word, Allan Metcalf

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OK, the improbable story of America's greatest word, Allan Metcalf

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

551723688

Responsibility statement

Allan Metcalf

Sub title

the improbable story of America's greatest word

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the ABCs of OK -- A Saturday morning in Boston -- 1840: Old kinderhook is OK -- Hoax: Andrew Jackson's misspelling -- Aesthetics: the look and sound of OK -- False origins -- The business of OK -- O.K. clubs -- The literary OK -- Oklahoma is OK -- Okey-dokey -- Modern OK literature -- The Practical OK -- The world and England -- The lifemanship OK -- The psychological OK -- The American philosophy

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