Events

2009 Events
Monday,Septembe 21, 2009
7P.M.
Arlington Central library
1015 n. Quincy St.
Arlington, VA

Paul Dickson discusses his two most recent books, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (updated third edition) and The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime. This event is free and open to the public. Call 703-228-5990 with any questions.

Tuesday,April 7, 2009
6:30 PM
National Press Club
14th and F Streets NW
Washington, DC

BASEBALL BOOK RAP—A SEASON OPENING DOUBLEHEADER FEATURING ALLEN BARRA & PAUL DICKSON.

An event to mark the opening of the 2009 Major League Baseball season, featuring Club member Paul Dickson's latest book, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary and Wall Street Journal sportswriter Allen Barra's Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC—Reservations suggested as space may be limited. Reserve at opus@​press.org

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Noon
The Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540-1400

BOOKS AND BEYOND
Paul Dickson discusses and signs the third edition of his book, "The Dickson Baseball Dictionary," in a program cosponsored by the Center for the Book and the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, at noon in the Mumford Room.
Contact: 707-5221.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Friday,April 24,2009
7:00pm
HARRY GROVE STADIUM. Frederick, MD.

ART IN THE PARK NIGHT
I will be presenting the newly released 3rd edition of the Dickson Baseball Dictionary at the ballpark. Books will be sold by the Frederick Arts Council working with the local Borders Bookstore.
The Frederick Keys (Baltimore Orioles) play the Potomac Nationals (Washington Nationals) at 7:00
Details at www.frederickartscouncil.org

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
6:30pm
The English Speaker's Union of New York
15 east 65th Street
New York, NY

I'll be interviewed by John Andrews, President of The Shakespeare Guild, about the latest edition of my baseball dictionary. A reception and book signing will follow. This event is $25 for ESU members and $40 for non-members. For reservations, please call 212-879-8200 or e-mail esuofny@​aol.com

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
7:00 PM
The S. Dillon Ripley Center
Smithsonian Institution
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, D.C.
Metro Station: Smithsonian (Mall exit)
(The Center is entered from a copper domed kiosk on Jefferson Drive between the "Castle" and the Freer Gallery of Art.

SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES: "Talkin’ Baseball"
Tickets to this event will be sold through Smithsonian Associates.




Selected Works

LANGUAGE
Family Words
A dictionary of the secret language of families
Slang: The Topical Dictionary of Americanisms
The only slang dictionary arranged by topic--now substantially revised and expanded.
Labels For Locals
In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe. Labels for Locals provides guidance on the preferred, and sometimes disdained, names for selected locales, cities, regions, countries, and ethnic groups worldwide.
War Slang
American Fighting Words and Phrases Since the Civil War--Recommended by William Safire in his New York Times Magazine "On Language" column.
American History: narrative non-fiction
The Bonus Army: An American Epic
The all but forgotten but dramatic story of WWI vets from their historic march on Washington in 1932, to demand the bonus promised them for their wartime service, to the passage of the GI Bill which was their lasting legacy.
Baseball
The Hidden Language of Baseball -- How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime --
"... an old-fashioned whiz-bang: Dickson's most complicated, most rewarding book yet." -James H. Bready, The Baltimore Sun, July 6, 2003
The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball
Baseball fans young and old are certain to enjoy this book. Wes Lukowsky, Booklist
BASEBALL
The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, Third Edition
"That rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading." -Sports Illustrated
COLD WAR HISTORY
Sputnik: The Shock of the Century
"Paul Dickson's indefatigable research and reportorial lucidity have given us a fascinating history of the event that forever changed our world." -Walter Cronkite
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