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Noah Websters name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but his story is not nearly so ubiquitous. Now the acclaimed author of The Man Who Made Lists sheds new light on Websters life, and his far-reaching influence in establishing the American nation. nNoah Websters name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but his story is not nearly so ubiquitous. Now acclaimed author of The Man Who Made Lists, Joshua Kendall sheds new light on Websters life, and his far-reaching influence in establishing the American nation. nWebster hobnobbed with various Founding Fathers and was a young confidant of George Washington and Ben Franklin. He started New Yorks first daily newspaper, predating Alexander Hamiltons New York Post. His blue-backed speller for schoolchildren sold millions of copies and influenced early copyright law. But perhaps most important, Webster was an ardent supporter of a unified, definitively American culture, distinct from the British, at a time when the United States of America were anything but unified-and his dictionary of American English is a testament to that.n
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