The Forgotten Founding Father by Joshua C Kendall

The Forgotten Founding Father by Joshua C Kendall

Noah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but his story is not nearly so ubiquitous. Now acclaimed author of The Man Who Made Lists, Joshua Kendall sheds new light on Webster's life, and his far-reaching influence in establishing the American nation.

Webster hobnobbed with various Founding Fathers and was a young confidant of George Washington and Ben Franklin. He started New York's first daily newspaper, predating Alexander Hamilton's New York Post. His blue-backed speller for schoolchildren sold millions of copies and influenced early copyright law. But perhaps most important, Webster was an ardent supporter of a unified, definitively American culture, distinct from the British, at a time when the United States of America were anything but unified-and his dictionary of American English is a testament to that.

Joshua Kendall is a multi-award-winning freelance journalist who presently contributes to the Boston Globe and Business Week.

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ISBN 13	9780399156991
ISBN 10	0399156992
Title	The Forgotten Founding Father
Author	Joshua C Kendall
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	G.P. Putnam's Sons
Year published	2011-04-14
Number of pages	368
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