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Pop Goes the Weasel: Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

Pop Goes the Weasel: Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes - Paperback

by Albert Jack
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Availability:In StockContributor:Albert JackAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2009-09-01Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780399535550ISBN-10:399535551UPC:9780399535550Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Children's & Young Adult Literature, Folklore & MythologySize:8.18 x 4.28 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCB5CXJFFF
From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.

Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then what is it really about?

This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them--from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.

Read Albert Jack's posts on the Penguin Blog.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780399535550ISBN-10:399535551UPC:9780399535550Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Children's & Young Adult Literature, Folklore & MythologySize:8.18 x 4.28 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCB5CXJFFF
Albert Jack's Red Herrings and White Elephants was a huge international hit and was on the bestsellers list for sixteen months. His second, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep was another success: selling over 70,000 copies. He is also the author of That's Bollocks! (all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends as told in Jack's inimitable style) and Albert Jack's Ten-Minute Mysteries.
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr

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