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A Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States
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Hardcover
1 edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (February 1, 2002)
9780375404498 | details & prices | 241 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $25.00
About: A study of the ways in which language was used in the early American republic to define national character and shape national boundaries focuses on the contributions of seven men who worked with alphabets, codes, and signs.
About: A study of the ways in which language was used in the early American republic to define national character and shape national boundaries focuses on the contributions of seven men who worked with alphabets, codes, and signs.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (February 1, 2003)
9780375704086 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $15.00
About: A study of the ways in which language was used in the early American republic to define national character and shape national boundaries focuses on the contributions of seven men who worked with alphabets, codes, and signs--including Noah Webster, William Thornton, Sequoyah, Thomas Gallaudet, Abdul Rahaman, Samuel F.
About: A study of the ways in which language was used in the early American republic to define national character and shape national boundaries focuses on the contributions of seven men who worked with alphabets, codes, and signs--including Noah Webster, William Thornton, Sequoyah, Thomas Gallaudet, Abdul Rahaman, Samuel F.