New England Primer: Improved for the More Easy Attaining the True Reading of English : To Which Is Added the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton's Catechism
by David Barton
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Book Summary Information
Author: David BartonEditor: John Cotton
Corporate Author: Westminster Assembly
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1991-06
ISBN: 092527917X
Number of pages: 86
Publisher: WallBuilder Press
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Book Review: Valuable historical insight
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazing to me that this was the equivalent of a first grade textbook in it's day. It gives me the sense that our educational system has devolved significantly in certain respects. In first grade, I was barely scraping by with: 'See Sam run. Run Sam run.' These kids were learning vocabulary words like 'Edyfying, Formidably, Consolation, and Mortification. Oh how far the mighty have fallen. Considering it's only rival for best selling book durring the 1700's was the Bible, I can't understand why I never heard a thing about this book until -after- I'd graduated from college.
It's a quick read, once you can get past the 's' sometimes looking like an 'f' (something to do with the original old english font). And of course, adjust yourself to the sentence structuring of the day. For how little trouble it is to go through, it offers a lot of insight into the prevailing worldview durring the time of our nation's founding.
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Summary of New England Primer: Improved for the More Easy Attaining the True Reading of English : To Which Is Added the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton's Catechism
The New England Primer was the first textbook ever printed in America and was used to teach reading and Bible lessons in our schools until the twentieth century. In fact, many of the Founders and their children learned to read from the Primer. This pocket-size edition is an historical reprint of the 1777 version used in many schools during the Founding Era.General Books
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