Caught in the Web of Words : James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)

from m.belljackson

An amazing biography! Written by James Murray's granddaughter, Caught in the Web of Words reads smoothly, at once like a compelling novel, and at the beginning, like a travelogue. It opens fully the life of a man who became one of the world's great Lexicographers, thanks to his encompassing talen...

from NielsenGW

K.M.E. Murray has written here the most detailed biography of her grandfather and the OED. Extensive letters and photos of his life and work pervade the somewhat stilted prose. If you only own one lexicographical biography, this should be it.

from le.vert.galant

A biography of the first Editor of the OED that covers Murray's wildly diverse interests as well as the immense difficulties he overcame to create the Dictionary. Written by his granddaughter with a Victorian discretion that has no use for Freudian speculation, the biography concentrates on Murra...

from m.belljackson

An amazing biography! Written by James Murray's granddaughter, Caught in the Web of Words reads smoothly, at once like a compelling novel, and at the beginning, like a travelogue. It opens fully the life of a man who became one of the world's great Lexicographers, thanks to his encompassing talen...

from NielsenGW

K.M.E. Murray has written here the most detailed biography of her grandfather and the OED. Extensive letters and photos of his life and work pervade the somewhat stilted prose. If you only own one lexicographical biography, this should be it.