Noah Webster

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

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Book review: 'The Forgotten Founding Father' by Joshua Kendall

2011-05-08 00:00:00

The Forgotten Founding Father Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture Joshua Kendall Putnam: 355 pp., $26.95 Reading Joshua Kendall's smart new biography of the pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster Jr. (1758-1843) brings to...

Jim Murray, April 14, 1961

2011-04-14 16:33:39

Sculptor carving 563-foot likeness of Crazy Horse

2007-08-15 00:00:00

Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the L.A. Times on April 25, 1980. -------------------- Crazy Horse, S.D. -- The tall, heavyset sculptor with flowing gray beard stood outside his mountain tomb puffing on a cigar and musing aloud: "I...

Noah Webster: The definition of Yankee know-how

2008-10-15 00:00:00

Were it not for Noah Webster Jr., the farm boy from West Hartford, Conn., who would have been 250 on Thursday, Americans might all be reading their newspapers from back to front today. As the War for Independence was winding down, the linguistic...

A world of invention in Greenfield

2004-09-26 00:00:00

Riding around in a sturdy Model T, you might first see Greenfield Village as some sort of historical accident. Down the road from Henry Ford's humble birthplace is the boyhood home of Orville and Wilbur Wright. The bicycle shop where the brothers...

If the Second Amendment means anything, it means the right of individuals to keep and bear arms

2012-03-09 12:45:00

The Sun's position on the gun issue is all too easy to predict — support all laws restricting firearms, then fail to make a distinction as to who's doing the shooting ("Attack on Md. gun laws," March 7). As always, you concentrate on the few people...

On Faith: Words can hurt like a sword

2012-03-09 20:20:15

Several days ago, a conservative radio personality despoiled the air waves with foul descriptions of a law school student who had made a reasoned and civil argument for her position on a health-care issue. He so vilified her that his words were...

Former Tuskegee Airman To Talk Feb. 5

2012-02-02 07:12:00

Twain House Chronicles Author's Racial Consciousness

2012-02-01 09:01:00

Food Calendar: Winter Farmers Markets, Classes, Tasting Events, Etc.

2012-02-02 00:00:00

Obituary: Caleb "Don" Newsome

2011-08-22 07:18:00

HARRODSBURG — Caleb “Don” Newsome, 69, husband of Mary Lou Kennedy Newsome, died Thursday. Born Oct. 9, 1941, in Pike County, he was the son of the late Noah Webster and Gertrude Tackett Newsome. Don is survived by his wife; a son...

Domingo Delgado, 12, left, looks on as his team mate Paolo Brandon, 12, both seventh graders at Noah Webster School, writes down the groups answer in the 7th and 8th grade Geography competition.

2012-05-09 00:00:00

Members of the cast of "Where Do We Go From Here?" seen during a rehearsal of the musical at Noah Webster School in Hartford Monday afternoon. It will be presented Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Mandell Jewish Community Center, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford.

2012-05-07 00:00:00

A Noah Webster sixth-grader haves a little fun while accepting admission fees for his group's venture.

2012-01-13 00:00:00