Noah Webster & his words / Jeri Chase Ferris ; illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch.

Author/creator Ferris, Jeri
Other author Kirsch, Vincent X. illustrator.
Format Book
PublicationBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Description32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title Noah Webster and his words
SeriesHoughton Mifflin Books for children
Abstract A portrait of the man who wrote the first U.S. dictionary traces his youth as a bookish Connecticut farm boy and his twenty-year effort to write the all-American dictionary that was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old.
General note"The illustrations were made with ink, watercolor, and graphite."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Genre/formPicture books for children.
LCCN 2011013018
ISBN9780547390550 (hbk.)
ISBN0547390556 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner TRC Biographies B W395FE ✔ Available Place Hold