American bee the National Spelling Bee and the culture of word nerds : the lives of five top spellers as they compete for glory and fame
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[Emmaus, Pa.] :
Rodale : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,
c2006.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a American bee : |b the National Spelling Bee and the culture of word nerds : the lives of five top spellers as they compete for glory and fame / |c James Maguire. |
| 260 | |a [Emmaus, Pa.] : |b Rodale : |b Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, |c c2006. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 371 p. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-370). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Life At The Bee: the 2004 National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C. -- The Pressure -- The Field Narrows -- "Is This As Good As Hollywood Can Make It?" -- The Folk Tradition: The American Spelling Bee, from Plymouth Rock to Cable Television -- A Fine Amusement -- The Birth of the Modern Bee -- The Media Age -- Champion's Profiles -- David Tidmarsh ('04) -- Nupur Lala ('99) -- Wendy Guey ('96) -- Ned Andrews ('94) -- Paige Kimble ('81) -- Jacques Bailly ('80) -- Katie Kerwin McCrimmon ('79) -- Barrie Trinkle ('73) -- Henry Feldman ('60) -- The Strange History of English Spelling (Or, Why It's So Difficult) -- A Great Darkness -- The New American Vernacular -- Science Fiction: The Future of Spelling -- Five Top Spellers Compete for Glory and Fame -- Preface to a Competition -- Marshall Winchester -- Kerry Close -- Samir Patel -- Jamie Ding -- Aliya Deri -- The Annual Ritual: Word List Creation -- The Showdown: the 2005 National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C. -- The Tribe Gathers -- The Spellers Step Up -- The Heart Pounds. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Spelling bees |z United States. | |
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