The Lost Words: A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origins and Their Meanings
By Pete May
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Pete May
Pete May’s previous books on West Ham include Goodbye to Boleyn, Hammers in the Heart and West Ham: Irons in the Soul. His other books include The Joy of Essex, Summit for the Week¬end, Man About Tarn, What Are Words Worth?, Whovian Dad, There’s a Hippo in my Cistern and Sunday Muddy Sunday. As a journalist, he has written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, New Statesman, Loaded, Time Out, Mid¬week and many other publications. He is married with two daughters, a border terrier and a large collection of West Ham programmes in the attic. Once an Essex man, he now lives in north London.
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