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THE HEADMASTER FRANK L. BOYDEN, OF DEERFIELD by John McPhee Used Tradeback

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Item specifics

Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
ISBN
9780374514969

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374514968
ISBN-13
9780374514969
eBay Product ID (ePID)
139792

Product Key Features

Book Title
Head Master : Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Educators, Administration / Higher
Genre
Education, Biography & Autobiography
Author
John Mcphee
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
6.7 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
66-022593
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"One always has the sense with McPhee of a man at a pitch of pleasure in his work, a natural at it, finding out on behalf of the rest of us how some portion of the world works."-Edward Hoagland , The New York Times "A fine portrait of an individualist's individualist." --J. G. Herzberg, The New York Times "McPhee has produced an engaging portrait of an exceedingly engaging man." --Alvin Beam, Cleveland Plain Dealer "The Headmaster is a record of a lifetime's striving to create perfection--a striving conducted with zest, vision, humor and an unbelievable capacity for work." --John McKey, The Boston Globe, One always has the sense with McPhee of a man at a pitch of pleasure in his work, a natural at it, finding out on behalf of the rest of us how some portion of the world works."-Edward Hoagland, The New York Times, One always has the sense with McPhee of a man at a pitch of pleasure in his work, a natural at it, finding out on behalf of the rest of us how some portion of the world works., One always has the sense with McPhee of a man at a pitch of pleasure in his work, a natural at it, finding out on behalf of the rest of us how some portion of the world works."—Edward Hoagland, The New York Times A fine portrait of an individualist's individualist." --J. G. Herzberg, The New York Times McPhee has produced an engaging portrait of an exceedingly engaging man." --Alvin Beam,Cleveland Plain Dealer The Headmaster is a record of a lifetime's striving to create perfection--a striving conducted with zest, vision, humor and an unbelievable capacity for work." --John McKey,The Boston Globe, The Headmaster is a record of a lifetime's striving to create perfection--a striving conducted with zest, vision, humor and an unbelievable capacity for work., "One always has the sense with McPhee of a man at a pitch of pleasure in his work, a natural at it, finding out on behalf of the rest of us how some portion of the world works." -- Edward Hoagland, The New York Times "A fine portrait of an individualist's individualist." -- J. G. Herzberg, The New York Times "McPhee has produced an engaging portrait of an exceedingly engaging man." -- Alvin Beam, Cleveland Plain Dealer "The Headmaster is a record of a lifetime's striving to create perfection--a striving conducted with zest, vision, humor and an unbelievable capacity for work." -- John McKey, The Boston Globe
Synopsis
Starting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school's headmaster for sixty-six years. John McPhee portrays a remarkable man "at the near end of a skein of magnanimous despots who...created enduring schools through their own individual energies, maintained them under their own absolute rule, and left them forever imprinted with their own personalities." More than simply a portrait of the Headmaster of Deerfield Academy, it is a revealing look at the nature of private school education in America.

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