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Author Hook, J. N. (Julius Nicholas), 1913-2005.

Title Family names : the origins, meanings, mutations, and history of more than 2,800 American names / J.N. Hook.

Imprint New York : Collier Books ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1983.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  929.42 H763f 1983    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st Collier books ed.
Description 388 pages ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-365) and index.
Summary Explains the origins and meanings of the common surnames of the various ethnic groups that have immigrated to the United States including the English, Africans, Germans, Spanish, Chinese, and Scandinavians.
Subject Names, Personal -- United States.
Ethnology -- United States.
Ethnology. (OCoLC)fst00916106
Names, Personal. (OCoLC)fst01032478
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 0020800002 (pbk.)
9780020800002 (pbk.)

 
    
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