Winchester, Simon. <br/><br/>
The surgeon of Crowthorne :  a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English dictionary / 
Simon Winchester. 
 - London :  Penguin,  1999. 
 - 207p. ;  18 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: London: Viking, 1998. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> This inspiring tale of literary brilliance and dangerous madness recounts the invaluable role played in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary by a deranged American Civil War hero who was also a millionaire and a murderer. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780140271287 (pbk.) :  £5.99 0140271287 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Minor, W. C.--Contributions in lexicography.<br/>Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir,  1837-1915 --Friends and associates.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>New English dictionary on historical principles.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Etymology<br/>English language--Lexicography<br/>Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography<br/>Lexicographers--Biography--Great Britain<br/>Inmates of institutions--Biography--Great Britain<br/>Biography.<br/>Biography: general<br/>Lexicography<br/>English<br/>Biography: historical, political & military
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Veterans--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>920 CRO