Publisher's Synopsis
Who is your favorite celebrity? Have you ever wondered what their surname means or where it originated? Now you can discover the answer for yourself in Secrets of the Celebrity Surnames: An Onomastic Dictionary of Famous People.
In this one-of-a-kind illustrated reference book (one known as an onomasticon), the author, award-winning writer, historian, and lexicographer Lochlainn Seabrook, combines both his 45 year expertise in etymology and his lifelong multi-field background in the entertainment industry to explore the fascinating and often surprising significance of the surnames of nearly 1,300 world famous luminaries. The popular individuals he's selected for inclusion derive from nearly every realm of human endeavor, including actors, politicians, artists, classical composers, scientists, inventors, writers, sports figures, models, modern musicians, poets, astronauts, military officers, film directors, physicists, anthropologists, philosophers, comedians, dancers, astronomers, explorers, news anchors, entrepreneurs, health and fitness teachers, social media influencers, and more.
Rounding out this intriguing cornucopia of surname information, Mr. Seabrook aids the reader by including not only spelling variations for most names, but an explanatory introduction, helpful notes, a complete celebrity surname index, a detailed glossary, and a comprehensive bibliography. Altogether a fun, absorbing, and educational read. Addiction warning: Once you pick up this book you won't be able to put it down! Secrets of Celebrity Surnames is available in paperback and hardcover. (All text copyright (c) Sea Raven Press)
Award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook is currently the author and editor of nearly 100 books, including: Abraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson Davis Was a Conservative; Lincoln's War: The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser; The Unholy Crusade: Lincoln's Legacy of Destruction in the American South; Heroes of the Southern Confederacy: The Illustrated Book of Confederate Officials, Soldiers, and Civilians; What the Confederate Flag Means to Me; The Great Yankee Coverup: What the North Doesn't Want You to Know About Lincoln's War; Confederacy 101: Amazing Facts You Never Knew About America's Oldest Political Tradition; Confederate Flag Facts: What Every American Should Know About Dixie's Southern Cross; Support Your Local Confederate: Wit and Humor in the Southern Confederacy; Women in Gray: A Tribute to the Ladies Who Supported the Southern Confederacy; The Concise Book of Owls; The Concise Book of Tigers; Victorian Hernia Cures; North America's Amazing Mammals; Jesus and the Law of of Attraction; Jesus and the Gospel of Q; Christ is All and in All; Everything You Were Taught About American Slavery is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Honest Jeff and Dishonest Abe: A Southern Children's Guide to the Civil War; The Bittersweet Bond: Race Relations in the Old South as Described by White and Black Southerners; The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Explained; A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest; Christmas Before Christianity; All We Ask is to be Let Alone: The Southern Secession Fact Book; The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (reprint editor).
