Noah Webster
Subtitle: the life and times of an American patriot
By: Harlow Giles Unger.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780471184553
Subjects: Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.; Lexicographers -- United States -- Biography.; Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.; Educators -- United States -- Biography.
Description: This biography restores Webster's monumental legacy as a teacher, legislator, philosopher, lawyer, crusading editor, and one of history's most profoundly influential lexicographers. 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 nation, even when independence was fragile and the future unclear.

Enjoying complete access to Webster's papers, letters, essays, and diaries, Unger explores with unique clarity and depth the role his subject played as a close ally of George Washington, John Adams, and John Jay and as a key player in the heated battle to ratify the Constitution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-373) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chronology; title: Prologue; title: Patriot; title: Schoolmaster; title: Author; title: Yankee peddler; title: Essayist; title: Public servant; title: Editor; title: Philosopher; title: Lexicographer; title: Elder statesman; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Selected bibliography of principal sources. Works by Noah Webster; title: Manuscript collections; title: General references