Nadeau, Jean-Benoît <br/><br/>
The story of Spanish 
/ Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow 
 - New York  : St. Martin's Press  , c2013 
 - 428 p. :  21 cm 
<br/><br/> Just how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world's second most spoken language, the official language of twenty-one countries on two continents, and the unofficial second language of the United States?  Full of surprises and honed in Nadeau and Barlow's trademark style, combining personal anecdote, reflections, and deep research, The Story of Spanish is the first full biography of a language that shaped the world we know, and the only global language with two names - Spanish and Castilian. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781250049049 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spanish language --History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>460.9 NAD