Mitchell: A Surname History (Paperback)

Description

MITCHELL is the forty-ninth book in The Surname Histories Series. Ranked #48 in the 2010 Census with 384,486 bearers, the name comes from the Middle English pronunciation of Michael — ‘Who is like God?’ — with an intrusive T that snuck in over the centuries. The signature story is Brigadier General Billy Mitchell (1879–1936), the prophet of air power who sank the Ostfriesland, faced court-martial for telling the truth, and was vindicated at Pearl Harbor — told here in full, with a verified portrait plate. Inside: designated coats of arms — never ‘the’ Mitchell arms, which do not exist — a gallery of remarkable lives, the places the name built — and the numbers we can stand behind.