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

Author:Joshua Kendall [Kendall, Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: History
ISBN: 0399156992
Amazon: B00475AX74
Barnesnoble: B00475AX74
Goodreads: 10476655
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Published: 2010-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

The twelfth child of William and Mary Greenleaf, James Greenleaf (1765-1843) was a year older than Webster’s wife, Rebecca. Without the financial assistance of the well-heeled “brother James,” Webster could not have married and started a family.

Throughout what he called “the hottest summer ever known,” Webster kept thinking about how he could make more money. On July 24, he noted in his diary, “We have squashes from our garden and watermelons in market.”

But a national crisis would again knock Webster out of his doldrums. Edmond Genet, the French ambassador to the United States, was stepping up his efforts to drag America into another war with England. To keep America at peace, George Washington would once again turn to his trusted protégé. And Webster would soon be able to earn a good living by writing a torrent of words on behalf of his country. Nothing could have pleased him more.

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