Author: Jeri Chase Ferris
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547935412
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
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 and His Words
Author: Jeri Chase Ferris
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547935412
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
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].
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547935412
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
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
Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1467794104
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the life and times of the man made famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language.
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1467794104
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the life and times of the man made famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language.
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Noah Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
Book Description
Noah Webster
Author: Pegi Deitz Shea
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1635924952
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1635924952
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
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.
W Is For Webster
Author: Tracey Fern
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466895101
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466895101
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
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
Author: David R. Collins
Publisher: Mott Media (MI)
ISBN: 9780880621588
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Includes bibliographic information (p. [147]) and index.
Publisher: Mott Media (MI)
ISBN: 9780880621588
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Includes bibliographic information (p. [147]) and index.
The Elementary Spelling Book
Author: Noah Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spellers
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spellers
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Noah Webster's Reading Handbook
Author: Darrel A. Trulson
Publisher: Christian Liberty Press
ISBN: 9781930092242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Christian Liberty Press
ISBN: 9781930092242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
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.
The Dictionary Wars
Author: Peter Martin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691210179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691210179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language. But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language.
What Do You Mean?
Author: Jeri Ferris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780876143308
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Traces the life of the farm boy who became a teacher and went on to write the first American dictionary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780876143308
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Traces the life of the farm boy who became a teacher and went on to write the first American dictionary.