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The Original Blue Back Speller: New York 1824; Patriotic Textbook Series
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Noah Webster
The great American educator Noah Webster first published A Grammatical Institute of the English Language, otherwise known as the Blue Back Speller, in 1783. His goal was to provide a uniquely American, Christ-centered approach to training children. Little did he know that this remarkable little gem would become the staple for parents and educators for more than a century a...more
Hardcover, 168 pages
Published
October 1st 2002
by Vision Forum
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As we strive to further the co-op to a school I find myself reading a lot of different literature. I was reading this and the New England Primer for a look back into the history of education. This is a very interesting book, I am amazed to see have far we have declined as a nation with regard to education (among many things). We must see the need to return to a classical approach to education and I believe this and the Primer serve as proof that it is possible and it has been done with out havin...more
An awesome piece of our history.
Hey, we post all these books and never give credit where it's due... This (or some variation thereof) is THE book from which I learned to read. "a e i o u" Wouldn't know that without it. Two thumbs way up!!!
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Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758 in the West Division of Hartford, Connecticut, to an established American family. His father, Noah, Sr. (1722-1813), was a farmer and a sower. His father was a descendant of Connecticut Governor John Webster; his mother, Mercy (née Steele; d. 1794), was a descendant of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony. Noah had two brothers, Abraham (1751-1831)...more
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