Noah Webster : the life and times of an American patriot / Harlow Giles Unger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.

Webster, Noah.

Lexicographers--United States--Biography.

Lexicographers.

United States.

Social reformers--United States--Biography.

Social reformers.

Educators--United States--Biography.

Educators.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : John Wiley & Sons, [1998]

Summary:

Noah Webster played a pivotal role in how Americans read and write: his speller sold an astounding average of one million copies per year for one hundred years; his monumental dictionary transformed the way Americans wrote the language; and his elementary school curriculum was adopted throughout the nation and remained the foundation of American education for a century. A member of one of America's first families and a key ally of Washington, Adams, and Jay, Webster was also a leading combatant in the pitched battle for the ratification of the Constitution. Written with the full support of the Noah Webster House, Harlow Unger's comprehensive biography vividly brings to life both a young United States during a period of turmoil and an American legend who helped shape this nation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-373) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0471184551

OCLC:

38574044