insider.si.edu: The Elementary Spelling Book Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster L.L.D.
The Elementary Spelling Book Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster L.L.D.
Popularly called "the blue-black speller," many African Americans remember Noah Webster's Elementary Spelling Book as the way they learned to read and spell after slavery. A faded blue textbook with ...
Psychology Today: Noah Webster's Touch of Madness and the Birth of American English: Part Two
Noah Webster's Touch of Madness and the Birth of American English: Part Two
insider.si.edu: The forgotten founding father : Noah Webster's obsession and the creation of an American culture / Joshua Kendall
The forgotten founding father : Noah Webster's obsession and the creation of an American culture / Joshua Kendall
Fox News: Meet the American who defined a new national identity, Noah Webster, New England patriot armed with the pen
Meet the American who defined a new national identity, Noah Webster, New England patriot armed with the pen
On this day in 1828, Noah Webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language. In preparing his opus, Webster apparently learned more than twenty languages, including Sanskrit and ...
insider.si.edu: The Elementary Spelling Book: Being An Improvement On The American Spelling Book
The Elementary Spelling Book: Being An Improvement On The American Spelling Book
In a previous post, I discussed Noah Webster's compulsive nature. His "touch of madness" -- his obsession with compiling and organizing information of all sorts -- enabled him to devote thirty years ...