Noah Webster and His Words Author:Jeri Chase Ferris Webster?s American Dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English. But who was that Webster? Noah Webster (1758-1843) was a bookish Connecticut farm boy who became obsessed with uniting America through language. He spent twenty years writing two thousand pages to accomplish that, and the first 100% American dictionary was pub... more »lished in 1828 when he was seventy years old. This clever, hilariously illustrated picture-book biography shines a light on early American history and the life of a man who could not rest until he?d achieved his dream. An illustrated chronology of Webster?s life is the frosting on the c-a-k-e.« less