Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme by Chris Roberts - Hardcover

A hardcover copy of Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme by Chris Roberts, complete with its dust jacket in a protective cover. Roberts takes forty of the most familiar nursery rhymes and traces their surprising origins, revealing a subtext of sexual innuendo, religious conflict, and political subversion hiding behind the singsong verses we all grew up reciting.

Witty, sharp, and endlessly quotable, it's a fun read for folklore enthusiasts, word nerds, history buffs, and anyone who has ever wondered what "Ring Around the Rosie" is really about. Condition is excellent with a single prior owner; many volumes from this collection carry a small name sticker on an inside page and were collected rather than read.

This book comes from an extensive home library assembled by three generations of bibliophiles. Every title is screened again before shipping, and shipping is combined on multiple purchases.