Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Angels, Barbarians, and Nincompoops
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Angels, Barbarians, and Nincompoops

And a Lot of Other Words You Thought You Knew

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May 18, 2022
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Angels, Barbarians, and Nincompoops
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It's hard not to love this book, which introduces a diverse cast of characters ranging from C.S. Lewis and Emily Dickinson to Lily Munster and the Great Pumpkin to explain the historical, humorous, and even sacred origins of words most of us use without even knowing what they literally mean or where they come from. In this engaging discussion of the roo…

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