Noah Webster
Man of Many Words
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 25, 2015
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- Who it’s for
- Teens interested in Noah Webster's life and ideas
- Themes
- Language and national unity, Perseverance in the face of ridicule, American independence
- Genres
- Historical Biographies for Kids, Colonial & Revolutionary U.S., Political Biographies for Kids
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Noah Webster may be best remembered for 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.
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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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| Historical Biographies for Kids | 73% |
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| Political Biographies for Kids | 51% |
| Colonial & Revolutionary U.S. | 48% |
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- Historical Biographies for Kids
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- Political Biographies for Kids
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- Girls & Young Women
- Authors
- Catherine Reef
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 25, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Language and national unity · Perseverance in the face of ridicule · American independence
- Reading lane
- Historical Biographies for Kids