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Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher: Merriam-Webster Incorporated
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 1192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biographical dictionary which profiles over 30,000 individuals, including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, and historical influence.
Author: Jeri Chase Ferris
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-10-23
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0547935412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGolden 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].
Author: Charles Van Doren
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 1530
ISBN-13: 9780877790815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Van Doren
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 1262
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides concise biographical information on more than 3000 Americans of the past and present, indexed by career or profession and by state or territory.
Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1467794104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the life and times of the man made famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language.
Author: Tracey Fern
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2015-11-10
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1466895101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom 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.
Author: Robert Vincent Remini
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 830
ISBN-13: 9780393045529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this monumental new biography, Robert V. Remini gives us a full life of Webster from his birth, early schooling, and rapid rise as a lawyer and politician in New Hampshire to his equally successful career in Massachusetts where he moved in 1816. Remini treats both the man and his time as they tangle in issues such as westward expansion, growth of democracy, market revolution, slavery and abolitionism, the National Bank, and tariff issues. Webster's famous speeches are fully discussed as are his relations with the other two of the "great triumvirate", Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. Throughout, Remini pays close attention to Webster's personal life - perhaps more than Webster would have liked - his relationships with family and friends, and his murky financial dealings with men of wealth and influence.
Author: Joshua C. Kendall
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780399156991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles of the story of the first American-English dictionary's creator, revealing his close associations with George Washington and Ben Franklin as well as his authorship of an influential school primer and advocacy of a distinct American culture. 25,000 first printing.
Author: Noah Webster
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Published: 1841
Total Pages: 1122
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Pegi Deitz Shea
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Published: 2020-11-03
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 1635924952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
