American bee
Subtitle: the National Spelling Bee and the culture of word nerds : the lives of five top spellers as they compete for glory and fame
By: James Maguire
Publisher: Rodale; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Emmaus, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781594862144
Subjects: Spelling ability; Spelling bees; Testing; National Spelling Bee (2004)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-370).
Table of contents: title: Life At The Bee: the 2004 National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C.; title: The Pressure; title: The Field Narrows; title: "Is This As Good As Hollywood Can Make It?"; title: The Folk Tradition: The American Spelling Bee, from Plymouth Rock to Cable Television; title: A Fine Amusement; title: The Birth of the Modern Bee; title: The Media Age; title: Champion's Profiles; title: David Tidmarsh ('04); title: Nupur Lala ('99); title: Wendy Guey ('96); title: Ned Andrews ('94); title: Paige Kimble ('81); title: Jacques Bailly ('80); title: Katie Kerwin McCrimmon ('79); title: Barrie Trinkle ('73); title: Henry Feldman ('60); title: The Strange History of English Spelling (Or, Why It's So Difficult); title: A Great Darkness; title: The New American Vernacular; title: Science Fiction: The Future of Spelling; title: Five Top Spellers Compete for Glory and Fame; title: Preface to a Competition; title: Marshall Winchester; title: Kerry Close; title: Samir Patel; title: Jamie Ding; title: Aliya Deri; title: The Annual Ritual: Word List Creation; title: The Showdown: the 2005 National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C.; title: The Tribe Gathers; title: The Spellers Step Up; title: The Heart Pounds.