The Definitive Webster's

You've used the dictionary, Webster's Third, edited by Philip B. Gove '22. You've read in this magazine (April 1994) the abridged version of why Webster's Third became synonymous with controversy. Now you can look up the unabridged story. Former Tuck School prof Herbert Morton's The Story ofWebster'sThird:PhilipGove's ControversialDictionary and its Critics (Cambridge University Press) came out in paperback this past summer.