A is for American :

Lepore, Jill, 1966-

A is for American : letters and other characters in the newly United States / Jill Lepore. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. - 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Likeness -- Cobwebs: American language -- Universal alphabet -- Heathens: National alphabet -- Natural language -- Strange characters -- Wires: Universal communication -- Visible speech -- Epilogue: Men of progress.

037540449X

2001038057


English language--History.--United States
English language--Social aspects--United States.
National characteristics, American--History.
English language--18th century.
English language--19th century.
Americanisms--History.

PE2809 / .L46 2002

306.44/973/09033