Rosemarie Ostler is a freelance writer with a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Washington. She is the author of five books about the history of American English and numerous articles on language-related topics. Her work has appeared in American History, The Saturday Evening Post, Christian Science Monitor, Time.com, Atlas Obscura, and The Writer, among others.
From a rich body of literature, Ostler mines material for this special history of the United States with the stories and reasons for creating the uniquely American language. * Robert S. Davis, New York Journal of Books * In this accessible, elegantly written, and handsomely produced book, Rosemarie Ostler, author of several popular books on language, brings together a wide range of facts (large and small) about English as used in the United States. * Tim William Machan, Modern Philology *