Bibliograph

Noah Webster, man of many words, Catherine Reef

Type

Label

Noah Webster, man of many words, Catherine Reef

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Noah Webster

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Catherine Reef

Sub title

man of many words

Summary

Noah Webster may be best remembered for the enormous and ambitious task of writing his famous dictionary, but there was much more to his accomplishments. His goal was to streamline the language spoken in a newly formed country so it could be used as a force to bring people together and a source of national pride. Though people laughed at his ideas, Webster never doubted himself. In the end, his so-called foolish notions achieved just what he had hoped. Here, in the only biography of Noah Webster written for teen readers, we journey through Webster's remarkable life, from boyhood on a Connecticut farm, through the fight for American independence to his days as a writer and political activist who greatly influenced our founding fathers and the direction of the young United States

Target audience

adult

Classification