This picture book celebrates one of the most important patriots in post-Revolutionary times -- Noah Webster.
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He created the country\'s first insurance company, established America\'s first copyright law, and became America\'s first best-selling author.
As editor, Webster conducted a study and linked disease with poor sanitation.
He published New York City\'s first daily newspaper.
Speaker of twenty languages, he developed the new country\'s curriculum, writing and publishing American literature, American history, and American geography.
But he was also the driving force behind universal education for all citizens, including slaves, females, and adult learners.
Most readers know Noah Webster for his dictionary masterpieces and his promotion of a living American Language that embraces Words and idioms from all its immigrant peoples.
This picture book celebrates one of the most important patriots in post-Revolutionary times -- Noah Webster