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On writing well an informal guide to writing nonfiction

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Main Author: Zinsser, William Knowlton
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : HarperPerennial, c1990.
Edition:4th ed., rev., updated, and expanded.
Subjects:
English language > Rhetoric.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Report writing.
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Item Description:1st Perennial Library ed.
Physical Description:xiii, 288 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and index.
ISBN:0060552727 :
0060968311 (pbk.) :
Author Notes:William Knowlton Zinsser (October 7, 1922 - May 12, 2015) was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic and editorial writer. Throughout the 1970s, Zinsser taught writing at Yale University. He wrote 18 books, including On Writing Well, which is in its 17th edition. Zinsser died at the age of 92 in Manhattan on May 12, 2015.

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