The "father of American scholarship and education," American lexicographer NOAH WEBSTER (1758-1843) was an author whose astonishingly prolific career included numerous textbooks for elementary education. Prior to his works coming into wide use in the late 18th century, colonial and American students learned from primers imported from England. Webster single-handedly prompted a democratization of American English in how his textbooks taught American children to read, spell, and pronounce words, and in how he "Americanized" ...
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The "father of American scholarship and education," American lexicographer NOAH WEBSTER (1758-1843) was an author whose astonishingly prolific career included numerous textbooks for elementary education. Prior to his works coming into wide use in the late 18th century, colonial and American students learned from primers imported from England. Webster single-handedly prompted a democratization of American English in how his textbooks taught American children to read, spell, and pronounce words, and in how he "Americanized" spelling, changing some c's to s's, dropping some l's and u's. Without Webster, George Bernard Shaw may never have been able to quip that England and America were two nations separated by a common language. Webster's basic textbook, first called The First Part of the Grammatical Institute of the English Language and later The American Spelling Book, became, in 1829, The Elementary Spelling Book. Though the book went through hundreds of editions, this replica edition represents the last, greatest, and arguably the most influential one. It is an extraordinary firsthand look at how American English was shaped.
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Poor. No Jacket. Ex-Libris. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cover well worn, corners broke off and rubbed, water spots and discolored. Crayon marks althrough text.
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Fair with no dust jacket. E--Wear, rubbing and soil to covers, chips/heavy wear around edges and corners, boards visible at corners, closed-edge discoloration, binding tight, text clean. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package.; Textbook; 16mo 6"-7" tall; 174 pages.
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Poor. No Jacket as Issued. 12mo. Paper-covered boards with cloth backstrip. 168pp + ads. Front cover is quite worn, with substantial loss on outside corners. Back corners worn, with loss. Contents intact, tight and reasonably clean.
