An inconvenient alphabet, Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution, Beth Anderson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
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An inconvenient alphabet, Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution, Beth Anderson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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contains biographical information
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illustrations
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
An inconvenient alphabet
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1022689394
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Beth Anderson ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
Sub title
Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution
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
Target audience
juvenile
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Ben Franklin and Noah Webster's spelling revolution
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- English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling
- Juvenile works
- Americanisms -- Juvenile literature
- Spelling reform -- Juvenile literature
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling -- Juvenile literature
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Americanisms
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 -- Juvenile literature
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature
- United States
- Spelling reform
- English language + Orthography and spelling
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- English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling
- Juvenile works
- Americanisms -- Juvenile literature
- Spelling reform -- Juvenile literature
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- English language -- United States -- Orthography and spelling -- Juvenile literature
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Americanisms
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 -- Juvenile literature
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Juvenile literature
- United States
- Spelling reform
- English language + Orthography and spelling
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