# A Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States

A Is for American is a fascinating, well-illustrated account of how language was used in the early American Republic to define national character and shape national boundaries.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2002
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687583/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021687583?play=1)