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Morecock, Fartwell, & Hoare

A Collection of Unfortunate but True Names

Author: Russell Ash

Morecock, Fartwell, & Hoare

Morecock, Fartwell, & Hoare

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About This Book

There's a baby born every minute and each one has to be named. In this book, you'll find an insanity of nomenclature that beggars belief. Russell Ash has trawled birth, marriage, and death certificates,...

Page Count
256
On Sale
11/10/2009

Book Details

There's a baby born every minute and each one has to be named. In this book, you'll find an insanity of nomenclature that beggars belief. Russell Ash has trawled birth, marriage, and death certificates, phone books, and censuses going back centuries to compile a compendium of breathtakingly unlikely-but-true names.

Why on earth would Mr. and Mrs. O'Shea name their son Rick? What were the Fants thinking when they named their child Elle? Or Mr. and Mrs. Royd, for that matter, when naming their daughter Emma? Or how about Everard Cock, Page Turner, or Sally Forth?

In this painstakingly researched, utterly true, riotously entertaining collection, readers will discover real-life examples of some of the most unusual, crude, and shocking names ever, presenting a laugh-out-loud overview of eccentricity through the ages.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Press

ISBN

9781429964579

In The News

“On my way downtown each day, I pass a street called Athol. And every time, it cracks me up. If you're the same kind of immature goober that I am, this book will absolutely slay you. I love it.” —Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Spook, and Bonk

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Morecock, Fartwell, & Hoare

Morecock, Fartwell, & Hoare

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