Websterisms: A Collection of Words and Definitions Set Forth by the Founding Father of American English

Arthur Schulman

ISBN 10: 1416561366 / ISBN 13: 9781416561361

Published by Free Press, 2008

About this Item

Traces Noah Webster's efforts to define the American language by preparing a complete lexicon of terms and definitions in the early 1800s, showing his passion for words and paradoxical ideas about language and politics. Solid binding. Unopened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Websterisms: A Collection of Words and Definitions Set Forth by the Founding Father of American English
• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416561366
• ISBN 13: 9781416561361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Traces Noah Webster's efforts to define the American language by preparing a complete lexicon of terms and definitions in the early 1800s, showing his passion for words and paradoxical ideas about language and politics.

About the Authors

Arthur Schulman is a retired cognitive psychologist and veteran crossword-puzzle constructor whose puzzles have appeared in The New York Times for many years.

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Her books include A Is for American and Blindspot, a novel written jointly with Jane Kamensky.