In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, Middlebury Public Library is looking at books that helped shape America and American life over the last 250 years. Each month we will feature a book and host a short talk about the work.

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January

Webster’s Dictionary of American English (1828)

February

The Old Famer’s Almanac (1793)

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Based on Americanon by Jess McHugh