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Gr 3–5—Maurer and Catusanu have created a wonderfully clever and humorous depiction of Noah Webster as an outspoken, driven man who endlessly advocated for weaning Americans from British influence by producing a lexicon of truly American words with American pronunciations. For example, at that time, the terms skunk, hickory, and chowder did not exist outside the United States. Born in 1758, Webster was a young Yale student during the tumultuous times of the Revolutionary War, and he used his words as weapons to fight against British cultural dominance. Two ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More