The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture
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.
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Grouping Title | forgotten founding father noah websters obsession and the creation of an american culture |
Grouping Author | joshua kendall |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-16 22:18:40PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-16 22:23:11PM |
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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.
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