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Cargando... Noah Webster: Man of Many Wordspor Catherine Reef
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Note: I received an ARC from the publisher. I found this an easy, interesting read. The text is a larger print, but is the primary focus of the work. The illustrations are primarily supplemental, but very helpful in aiding the descriptions of the time and the people. Webster has not been given much attention in the past in terms of young adult literature, and I appreciate that this accessible text can be enjoyed by young people who do not know the father of how we, as Americans, speak. History teachers can tie this informational text into a unit on the Colonial America, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the development of the young American nation. The library can feature this text by the Webster Dictionary--his life's work. Through that display, students can see the person behind the words. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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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. 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"--
"A biography on Noah Webster, a controversial political activist, the primary shaper of the American language, and author of the Blue-Backed Spellers and the famous dictionary that bears his name. Illustrated with black-and-white archival images"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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