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An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution
Title:
An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution
Author:
Anderson, Beth, 1954- author.
Personal Author:
Anderson, Beth, 1954- author.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary:
Details the origins of Noah Webster's first American English dictionary and the struggles of Webster and Ben Franklin to help unify the new country through language in the 1780s.
General Note:
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Language:
English
Personal Subject:
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843-Juvenile literature.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790-Juvenile literature.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (OCoLC)fst00034115

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. (OCoLC)fst00028929

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Subject Term:
English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling -- Juvenile literature.

Spelling reform -- Juvenile literature.

Americanisms -- Juvenile literature.

Americanisms. (OCoLC)fst00807480

English language -- Orthography and spelling. (OCoLC)fst00911459

Spelling reform. (OCoLC)fst01129517

English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling.

Spelling reform.

Americanisms.
Geographic Term:
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre:
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author:
Baddeley, Elizabeth
ISBN:
9781534405554
Format :
Book

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