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A Is for American
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  • Jill Lepore is an editor of the online journal Common-place. In the words of the website, "Common-place is a common place for exploring and exchanging ideas about early American history and culture. A bit friendlier than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine, Common-place speaks--and listens--to scholars, museum curators, teachers, hobbyists, and just about anyone interested in American history before 1900."

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Jill Lepore's Desktop contains a short essay about the American quest to create a unique language--whether an alphabet, syllabary, or code--and therefore establish a common national bond. View images from the book and click on links to learn more about the history and the present usage of some of the alphabets, syllabaries, and codes discussed in A IS FOR AMERICAN.

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