American bee : the National Spelling Bee and the culture of word nerds : the lives of five top spellers as they compete for glory and fame /
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[Emmaus, Pa.] :
Rodale : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers,
c2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Life At The Bee: the 2004 National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C.
- The Pressure
- The Field Narrows
- "Is This As Good As Hollywood Can Make It?"
- The Folk Tradition: The American Spelling Bee, from Plymouth Rock to Cable Television
- A Fine Amusement
- The Birth of the Modern Bee
- The Media Age
- Champion's Profiles
- David Tidmarsh ('04)
- Nupur Lala ('99)
- Wendy Guey ('96)
- Ned Andrews ('94)
- Paige Kimble ('81)
- Jacques Bailly ('80)
- Katie Kerwin McCrimmon ('79)
- Barrie Trinkle ('73)
- Henry Feldman ('60)
- The Strange History of English Spelling (Or, Why It's So Difficult)
- A Great Darkness
- The New American Vernacular
- Science Fiction: The Future of Spelling
- Five Top Spellers Compete for Glory and Fame
- Preface to a Competition
- Marshall Winchester
- Kerry Close
- Samir Patel
- Jamie Ding
- Aliya Deri
- The Annual Ritual: Word List Creation
- The Showdown: the 2005 National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C.
- The Tribe Gathers
- The Spellers Step Up
- The Heart Pounds.
