The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants by Priscilla Turner

The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants by Priscilla Turner

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The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants by Priscilla Turner

The unknown history of letters

For as long as any letter could remember, Vowels and Consonants had been enemies.

U without N? Q without U? Mpssh you say. Yet once, long ago, P's and Q's minded their p's and q's, and though U and I deserved not one iota of respect. For their part, Vowels knew only that the dot on the youngest i was far moe important than the most capital W.

And so they came to wage a fierce war to prove who were the better letters. But as S's outflank E's and O's surround H's, an enemy of all the alphabet appers on the horizon--one which neither Vowels or Consonants can conquer alone.

In this hilarious look at the hidden life of letters, Priscilla and Whitney Turner reveal how sworn enemies become allies and discovered what you and I now take for granted: that the pen is mightier than the swrd.

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ISBN 13 9780374482176
ISBN 10 0374482179
Title The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants
Author Priscilla Turner
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Year published 1999-09-10
Number of pages 32
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.