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The Future Dictionary of America
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4 out of 5
Based on 502 Ratings and 39 Reviews

Book Description
This book was conceived by Safran Foer Foer, Nicole Krauss, and Dave Eggers as a way to bring over a hundred authors together to promote progressive causes in the November 2004 election. The book is an imagining of what a dictionary might look like about thirty years hence, when all of the world's problems are solved and our current president is a distant memory. The book is by turns funny, outrag... More
Book Information
PublisherMcSweeney's
BindingHardcover (4 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages250
ISBN-10193241620X
ISBN-13978-1932416206
Publication Date08/2004
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About Dave Eggers (Author) : Dave Eggers is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Dave Eggers include How We Are Hungry, Masters of American Comics, The Future Dictionary of America.
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About Jonathan Safran Foer (Author, Editor) : Jonathan Safran Foer is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Jonathan Safran Foer include Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Unabridged), The Diary ... more
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About Jordan, Ph.D. Bass (Author) : Jordan, Ph.D. Bass is a published author. A published credit of Jordan, Ph.D. Bass is The Future Dictionary of America.
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About Nicole Krauss (Author, Editor) : Nicole Krauss is a published author and an editor. Published credits of Nicole Krauss include The Future Dictionary of America.
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About Chris Adrian (Contributor) : Chris Adrian is a published author. Published credits of Chris Adrian include Gob's Grief and The Future Dictionary of America.
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About David Amsden (Contributor) : David Amsden is a published author. A published credit of David Amsden is The Future Dictionary of America.
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About Diane Ackerman (Contributor) : Diane Ackerman is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Diane Ackerman include Natural History of the Senses, The Future Dictionary of America, Animal Sense.
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About Jonathan Ames (Contributor) : Jonathan Ames is credited in . A published credit of Jonathan Ames is The Future Dictionary of America.
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About Julia Alvarez (Contributor) : Julia Alvarez is a published author, editor, and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Julia Alvarez include Before We Were Free (Unabridged), Finding ... more
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About Tom Barbash (Contributor) : Tom Barbash is credited in . A published credit of Tom Barbash is The Future Dictionary of America.
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About Staff of McSweeney's (Editor) : Staff of McSweeney's is a published editor. A published credit of Staff of McSweeney's is The Future Dictionary of America.
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