Re: How Many Men Have Become Books?


"Jon Meyers" <stlouisbooksyour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> PostScript wrote:
>> Scot Kamins wrote:
>>
>>>Partridge (for etymologies)
>>>Cassell's (for Latin)
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>>
>> McGuffy's (William Holmes McGuffey's Reader textbook)
>> I've used Chiltons and Haynes but I'm not sure who (if anyone) the names
>> come from.
>
>
> CliffsNotes (named for Cliff Hillegass)
>
>
> --Jon Meyers


I think that's the first one mentioned that was based on a first name. Does
anyone know of any more?

Alice

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