Noah Webster may be best remembered the enormous and ambitious task of
writing his famous dictionary, but for him, this accomplishment was a
means to an end. His true goal was to streamline the language spoken in
our newly formed country so that it could be used as a force to bring
people together and be 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
account of Noah Webster for teens, the seasoned biographer Catherine
Reef guides us 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.
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