Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
ISBN: 0393064425
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hnyc · 2015-04-12 · Original thread
Although it does not have a chapter on the semicolon, check out the book "Shady Characters".

https://amazon.com/dp/0393064425

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