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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Epigraph Page
Contents
Preface
Part One: Noah Webster’s Battles
1. British Mockery and American Disdain
2. Noah Webster: “The Wildest Innovator”
3. Webster’s First Dictionary
4. Displacing Delilah
5. The Lexicographer’s Fifth Column
6. Tea and Copyright: Goodrich Takes Over
7. Spelling Wars: The Rise of Lyman Cobb
8. The “Common Thief”
9. Webster’s Decline
Part Two: The Merriams at War
10. Taking Webster out of Webster: From Family Feuds to the Merriam Brothers
11. Waiting for Worcester
12. The Bohn Affair
13. Converse’s Complaint
14. Children, Money, and “Trash”
15. High Stakes: “Have We a National Standard of Language?”
16. The “Terrible Rival”: Worcesterian Resurgence
17. The Merriams Triumphant: “Worcester! Worcester! All Change for Webster!”
Conclusion
Appendix A: The “Webster” Brand
Appendix B: Four Centuries of Selected Dictionaries of the English Language
Appendix C: Publishing Terms
Appendix D: “The Spelling Bee at Angels (Reported by Truthful James),” by Bret Harte
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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