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America's own The Professor and the the story of Noah Webster, author of the first dictionary of American English-and a forgotten leader during a turning point in our nation's history. Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but although there is much more to his story than that singular achievement, his rightful place in American history has been forgotten over time. Webster hobnobbed with various Founding Fathers and was a young confidant of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, among others. He started New York City's first daily newspaper, predating Alexander Hamilton's New York Post. His "blue- backed speller" for schoolchildren, his first literary effort, sold millions of copies and influenced early copyright law. He helped found Amherst College and served as a state representative for both Connecticut and Massachusetts. But perhaps most important, Webster was an ardent supporter of a unified, definitive
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The Forgotten Founding Father, Joshua C. Kendall, Joseph J. Joseph John Ellis
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- 2010
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- Titolo
- The Forgotten Founding Father
- Sottotitolo
- Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Editore
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Pubblicato
- 2010
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 355
- ISBN10
- 0399156992
- ISBN13
- 9780399156991
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Biografie, Politica, USA, Biografie, Storia degli Stati Uniti, Dizionari e Lessicografia
- Descrizione
- America's own The Professor and the the story of Noah Webster, author of the first dictionary of American English-and a forgotten leader during a turning point in our nation's history. Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but although there is much more to his story than that singular achievement, his rightful place in American history has been forgotten over time. Webster hobnobbed with various Founding Fathers and was a young confidant of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, among others. He started New York City's first daily newspaper, predating Alexander Hamilton's New York Post. His "blue- backed speller" for schoolchildren, his first literary effort, sold millions of copies and influenced early copyright law. He helped found Amherst College and served as a state representative for both Connecticut and Massachusetts. But perhaps most important, Webster was an ardent supporter of a unified, definitive