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Break from the Grind November 6, 2017
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: What Was Noah Webster’s Best-Selling Book During His Lifetime?
Webster’s Dictionary was a popular book.
Reported by PS
Webster’s Dictionary was not Noah Webster’s best-selling book during his lifetime.
What was?
His spelling book, The Blue-Backed Speller, which was published in 1783 and by 1800 had sold more than one million copies.
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