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W Is For Webster

2015-11-10 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2015-11-10
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 101/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis W Is For Webster by : Tracey Fern

Download or read book W Is For Webster written by Tracey Fern. This book was released on 2015-11-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an early age, Noah Webster was an odd fellow who liked to talk big and loved learning. He thought America needed its own national language and knew he was just the man to create it. He started with a speller, including everyday words like "scab," "grub," and "mop," and moved on to create a small dictionary. He rode around on a horse, selling his books by hand. Then Noah decided to compile a complete and comprehensive dictionary of American English. He thought the book would take him five years to finish. It took twenty, but his dictionary today is the second-most printed book in the English language.

Noah Webster and His Words

2012-10-23 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2012-10-23
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 412/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Noah Webster and His Words by : Jeri Chase Ferris

Download or read book Noah Webster and His Words written by Jeri Chase Ferris. This book was released on 2012-10-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction Webster’s American Dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English. But who was that Webster? Noah Webster (1758–1843) was a bookish Connecticut farm boy who became obsessed with uniting America through language. He spent twenty years writing two thousand pages to accomplish that, and the first 100 percent American dictionary was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old. This clever, hilariously illustrated account shines a light on early American history and the life of a man who could not rest until he’d achieved his dream. An illustrated chronology of Webster’s life makes this a picture perfect bi-og-ra-phy [noun: a written history of a person's life].

Nora Webster

2014-10-07 Fiction
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Release : 2014-10-07
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 852/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Nora Webster by : Colm Toibin

Download or read book Nora Webster written by Colm Toibin. This book was released on 2014-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of contemporary literature’s bestselling, critically acclaimed, and beloved authors: a “luminous” novel (Jennifer Egan, The New York Times Book Review) about a fiercely compelling young widow navigating grief, fear, and longing, and finding her own voice—“heartrendingly transcendant” (The New York Times, Janet Maslin). Set in Wexford, Ireland, Colm Tóibín’s magnificent seventh novel introduces the formidable, memorable, and deeply moving Nora Webster. Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born. And now she fears she may be sucked back into it. Wounded, selfish, strong-willed, clinging to secrecy in a tiny community where everyone knows your business, Nora is drowning in her own sorrow and blind to the suffering of her young sons, who have lost their father. Yet she has moments of stunning insight and empathy, and when she begins to sing again, after decades, she finds solace, engagement, a haven—herself. Nora Webster “may actually be a perfect work of fiction” (Los Angeles Times), by a “beautiful and daring” writer (The New York Times Book Review) at the zenith of his career, able to “sneak up on readers and capture their imaginations” (USA TODAY). “Miraculous...Tóibín portrays Nora with tremendous sympathy and understanding” (Ron Charles, The Washington Post).

An American Dictionary of the English Language

1841 English language
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Release : 1841
Genre : English language
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Book Synopsis An American Dictionary of the English Language by : Noah Webster

Download or read book An American Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster. This book was released on 1841. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Noah Webster's Fighting Words

2017-04-01 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2017-04-01
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 693/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Noah Webster's Fighting Words by : Tracy Nelson Maurer

Download or read book Noah Webster's Fighting Words written by Tracy Nelson Maurer. This book was released on 2017-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noah Webster, famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language as spoken in the United States, was known in his day for his bold ideas and strong opinions about, well, everything. Spelling, politics, laws, you name it—he had something to say about it. He even commented on his own opinions! With a red pencil in hand, Noah often marked up work that he had already published. So who edited this book? It certainly looks like the ghost of the great American author and patriot picked up a pencil once again to comment on his own biography!

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