Joshua Kendall – The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster’s Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture

The author recounts the life of Noah Webster (1758-1843) who published theAmerican Dictionary of the English Language in 1828, the predecessor of theMerriam Webster Dictionary. He reports on Webster’s political career as state representative for Massachusetts and Connecticut, his circle of friends, which included George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, his tenure as editor of the American Minerva, New York’s first daily newspaper.