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Ox, House, Stick: History of Our Alphabet
Ox, House, Stick: History of Our Alphabet
By Don Robb
Bold collage illustrations and clear prose trace the origins of our familiar letters. From the proto-Sinaitic peoples, through the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, this book follows the development of the Roman alphabet. This book includes sidebar information on punctuation, writing materials, the technology of printing, and more.

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