A Is for American : Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States

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. B. Morse, and Alexander Graham Bell. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.