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Author:

Fodde Melis, Luisanna.

Title:

Noah Webster and the first American dictionary / Luisanna Fodde Melis.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

PowerPlus Books,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

112 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Webster, Noah,--1758-1843--Juvenile literature.
Webster, Noah,--1758-1843.
Lexicographers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
English language--United States--Lexicography--Juvenile literature.
Educators--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Lexicographers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106) and index.

Contents:

Noah Webster's birth and youth -- Education and revolution -- The creation of the American spelling book -- Travelling, lecturing, and writing -- The compendious dictionary -- Webster's religious conversion and life in Amherst -- A greater dictionary -- Webster's final years -- The legacy of Webster's life and work.

Series:

Library of American lives and times

ISBN:

9781404226517 (library binding)
1404226516 (library binding)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52429845

LCCN:

2003010712

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)