For the first time, the editors of the acclaimed American Heritage(R) Dictionary have applied their efforts to word usage as its own subject. The result is this

Word lovers will delight in this new gift-quality set, which includes the latest update of The American Heritage® College Dictionary, Fourth Edition along with

"Douglas Brinkley and American Heritage have done a grand job. This is a first-rate book: fair, clear, and enormously welcome." - David McCullough "Douglas Brin

Collects definitions and synonyms of commonly used words, offering them in a format that presents both types of information for each word on the same page.