americans loved samuel johnson. johnson absolutely hated -- willing to love all mankind except for americans. he said in 1775 americans love samuel johnson. everyone's war by him. there was little interest. but webster wanted to write the dictionary and he did it and his perseverance is truly admirable. this is webster's character. the challenge of a biographer is to understand the person. noah webster is not the stuff of american mythology. we like to have people like washington. think of how washington handled that scene with webster, delegating brilliantly, watching every decision was so thoughtful. webster wasn't that way. when he becomes 50 he says no one under 45 should be allowed to vote. that doesn't make sense. that is why jill love for said he is no joseph stalin. in writing about his annoying personality she has a two page aside about a murderous dictator and said he is no joseph stalin but he wasn't an evil man, he was an unlikable man. the challenge was to understand him. he has obsessive compulsive pers

americans love samuel johnson. i root for the globe. johnson absolutely hated americans. he sent away to love all mankind except for americans. but americans love samuel johnson and everyone swore by the authority and there was little interest, but webster wanted to write the dictionary and he did it. his perseverance is truly admirable. >> this was webster's kerrick your and this was the challenge of biographer is to really understand the person and joseph al-assad no webster is not the stuff of american mythology. we let people like washington how he handled that theme with webster delegating brilliantly, just talking of her decision. webster isn't that way. he kind of pops up in that it becomes 50 he says no one under 45 should be allowed to vote. that just doesn't make any sense. and that's why joel porter says he's no joseph stalin. in her article on webster's annoying personality, she said -- she goes into a two-page site about a murderous tater. he wasn't evil man. he was a likable man. i guess the challenge was to understand him and i think yet excessive compulsiv