{"product_id":"the-forgotten-founding-father-by-joshua-kendall","title":"The Forgotten Founding Father by Joshua Kendall","description":"\u003cp\u003eLearn more about Noah Webster's life and legacy with your own paperback copy of The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture. This over 300 page biography is a enjoyable and informative telling of Webster's impact on American identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNoah Webster's name is now synonymous with the dictionary he created, but his story is not nearly so ubiquitous. Acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Man Who Made Lists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Joshua Kendall sheds new light on Webster's life, and his far-reaching influence in establishing the American nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWebster hobnobbed with various Founding Fathers and was a young confidant of George Washington and Ben Franklin. He started New York's first daily newspaper, predating Alexander Hamilton's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51310168735911,"sku":"hhd1788777658110","price":15.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/0834\/9607\/files\/the-forgotten-founding-father-by-joshua-kendall_1.jpg?v=1788777665","url":"https:\/\/www.freshwares.shop\/products\/the-forgotten-founding-father-by-joshua-kendall","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}