I was curious about the book that was used by the teacher in the old log church -school house in 1850's. Did you know it can still be bought today.
This is the man Noah Webster 1758-1843 that was call the father of American Scholarship and Education. His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read. He and his wife had nine children.
This is the man Noah Webster 1758-1843 that was call the father of American Scholarship and Education. His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read. He and his wife had nine children.
Very interesting and I love the old portrait.
ReplyDeleteMy granddad studied from the Blue Back Speller when he went to school back in the 1800s. Wow.
ReplyDeleteI love words spelled correctly. When they are incorrect anywhere in print - - in advertisements or newspapers or books - - - it is like a black eye on the page to me.
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