Noah Webster And His Words
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- Synopsis
-
Webster’s American Dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English. But who was that Webster?
Noah Webster (1758–1843) was a bookish Connecticut farm boy who became obsessed with uniting America through language.
He spent twenty years writing two thousand pages to accomplish that, and the first 100 percent American dictionary was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old.
This clever, hilariously illustrated account shines a light on early American history and the life of a man who could not rest until he’d achieved his dream.
An illustrated chronology of Webster’s life makes this a picture perfect bi-og-ra-phy [noun: a written history of a person's life
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780544582422
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Date of Addition:
- 04/30/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Jeri Chase Ferris
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- Yes
- Categories:
- History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
- Grade Levels:
- Third grade
- Reading Age:
- 4–7
- Submitted By:
- VEDA Veda
- Proofread By:
- VEDA Veda
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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