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Paul Dickson

Paul Dickson is the author of several classic baseball books, including The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, The Unwritten Rules of Baseball, The Hidden Language of Baseball, and The Joy of Keeping Score. He is also the author of the seminal narrative history Sputnik: The Shock of the Century and the coauthor of the acclaimed The Bonus Army: An American Epic. He lives in Garrett Park, Maryland.

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American journalist

Born 1939-07-30

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  • Cover of: What's in a name?: reflections of an irrepressible name collector

    First published in 1996 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Worth book of softball: a celebration of America's true national pastime

    First published in 1994 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The future of the workplace: the coming revolution in jobs

    First published in 1975 1 edition
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    First published in 2019 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Freixenet Book of Toasts and Graces

    First published in 1993 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2009 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Say what?: the 305 best things ever said about service, sales, and supervision

    First published in 1993 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The complete book of toasts: [over 1,500 of the best toasts for every occasion]

    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Congress dictionary: the ways and meanings of Capitol Hill

    First published in 1993 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dickson's joke treasury: an anthology of gags, bits, puns and jests - and how to tell them

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dickson's word treasury: a connoisseur's collection ofold and new, weird and wonderful, useful and outlandish words

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The electronic battlefield

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Jokes: outrageous bits, atrocious puns, and ridiculous routines for those who love jests.

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The official rules

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Out of this world: American space photography

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Think tanks.

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Jokes: outrageous bits, atrocious puns, and ridiculous routines for those who love jests

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The New official rules: maxims for muddling through to the twenty-first century

    First published in 1989 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1972 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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American journalist

Born 1939-07-30
Subjects
History, American wit and humor, Quotations, maxims, Dictionaries, Baseball, English language, Toasts, United States, Americanisms, Baseball, dictionaries, Language, Politics and government, Quotations, Slang, Biography, Glossaries, vocabularies, Golf, Humor, Job satisfaction, Military art and science, Miscellanea, Personnel management, Work, Working class, Armed Forces
Places
United States, East Anglia, East Anglia (England), England, U.S., Washington (D.C.)
People
Bill Veeck, Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868-1938), Leo Durocher (1905-1991)
Time
20th century, 1945-, 1945-1989, 1989-

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January 20, 2024 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
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May 7, 2014 Edited by KirstinM added author website
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