Noah Webster

Author:   Harlow Giles Unger
Publisher:   Turner Publishing Company
Edition:   New edition
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9780471379430


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 March 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man, shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God-fearing and patriotic. Mr. Unger has done a fine job reintroducing him to a new generation of Americans. --Washington Times Noah Webster The Life and Times of an American Patriot More than a lexicographer, Webster was a teacher, philosopher, author, essayist, orator, political leader, public official, and crusading editor. Webster's life thrust him into every major event of the early history of our nation, from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812. He touched the lives of the most renowned Americans --and the most obscure. He earned the love and friendship of many, the hatred of some, but the respect of all. Noah Webster helped create far more than an American dictionary; he helped create an American nation. --from the Prologue In the first major biography of Noah Webster in over sixty years, author Harlow Unger creates an intriguing portrait of the United States as an energetic and confident young country, even when independence was fragile and the future unclear. Harlow Unger brilliantly restores Webster's monumental legacy as a teacher,legislator, philosopher, lawyer, editor, and one of history's most profoundly influential lexicographers. Breathtaking adventure--from the American Revolution to the War of 1812--and masterful scholarship converge in this riveting chronicle of a singularly American intellect.

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Author:   Harlow Giles Unger
Publisher:   Turner Publishing Company
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.614kg
ISBN:  

9780471379430


ISBN 10:   0471379433
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 March 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Patriot. Schoolmaster. Author. Yankee Peddler. Essayist. Public Servant. Editor. Philosopher. Lexicographer. Elder Statesman. Epilogue. Notes. Selected Bibliography of Principal Sources. Index.

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HARLOW GILES UNGER was a foreign news editor at the New York Herald Tribune and a correspondent for the Times in London. A former professor of English and journalism, he is the author of six books on education. Mr. Unger lives in New York City and Paris, France.

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