This is a story of a now old book and its connections to war, displacement, cultural destruction; the possibilities of an apology and reconciliation; and the remarkable things that connectivity can achieve. The story is about a 1937 copy (in very nice letterpress) of the now wonderfully eclectic and archaic 'A Dictionary of Modern English Usage' by Henry Fowler. It is one of those blue clothbound Oxford University Books that were easy to find years…
