Noah Webster and His Words
Noah Webster and His Words

Author: Jeri Chase Ferris

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0547935412

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Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction 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].

Noah Webster's Fighting Words
Noah Webster's Fighting Words

Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer

Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1467794104

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Describes the life and times of the man made famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language.

Noah Webster's Reading Handbook
Noah Webster's Reading Handbook

Author: Darrel A. Trulson

Publisher: Christian Liberty Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781930092242

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This historic text has been updated. The blends and words in this reader are arranged to correlate with the sequence in which the special phonics sounds are taught. This reader is an invaluable teaching tool for children who need extra practice in the application of phonics rules.

W Is For Webster
W Is For Webster

Author: Tracey Fern

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2015-11-10

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1466895101

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From an early age, Noah Webster was an odd fellow who liked to talk big and loved learning. He thought America needed its own national language and knew he was just the man to create it. He started with a speller, including everyday words like "scab," "grub," and "mop," and moved on to create a small dictionary. He rode around on a horse, selling his books by hand. Then Noah decided to compile a complete and comprehensive dictionary of American English. He thought the book would take him five years to finish. It took twenty, but his dictionary today is the second-most printed book in the English language.

Noah Webster
Noah Webster

Author: Pegi Deitz Shea

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2020-11-03

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1635924952

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This picture book celebrates one of the most important patriots in post-Revolutionary times -- Noah Webster. Most readers know Noah Webster for his dictionary masterpieces and his promotion of a living "American Language" that embraces words and idioms from all its immigrant peoples. But he was also the driving force behind universal education for all citizens, including slaves, females, and adult learners. Speaker of twenty languages, he developed the new country's curriculum, writing and publishing American literature, American history, and American geography. He published New York City's first daily newspaper. As editor, Webster conducted a study and linked disease with poor sanitation. He created the country's first insurance company, established America's first copyright law, and became America's first best-selling author.

Noah Webster and the American Dictionary
Noah Webster and the American Dictionary

Author: David Micklethwait

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Micklethwait, a London attorney, profiles the Yankee lexicographer who is credited with first distinguishing between British and American spellings and creating the first American dictionary. He describes Webster's (1758-1843) major publications and the influences and methods that shaped them; recounts his life as a schoolteacher, copyright champion and itinerant lecturer; and examines his legacy. He appends sample pages of the dictionaries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.