AKINS, OKLAHOMA — His likeness is forever listening, head cocked to gather inspiration. The father of the first truly American alphabet sits in the old Big Skin Bayou District of the Cherokee ...

The 26-letter alphabet we use is not American, but English. It is a “Made in Britain” import, brought to Plymouth Rock and Jamestown in the 17th century. Noah Webster made ...

A 3,500-year-old inscription on a pottery shard found in Israel is offering scholars new clues about the development of the alphabet that formed the basis for many modern writing systems.