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The Headmaster Paperback - 1992

by McPhee; John McPhee


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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.


First Edition Identification

Farrar, Straus and Giroux published a First Edition, First Printing hardcover in New York, 1966. 


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  • Title The Headmaster
  • Author McPhee; John McPhee
  • Binding Paperback
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher MacFarlane Walter & Ross, Toronto
  • Date 1992
  • ISBN 9780921912415 / 0921912412
  • Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
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The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden, of Deerfield

by McPhee, John

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1966. Soft cover. Near Fine. 146 pages, interior of book is clean & binding is tight. On the bottom of the pages there is a partial bookstore stamp. This is the story of a man who became a headmaster of a school with just 14 students and over a sixty plus year period built it into a powerhouse of educational excellence. A solid and fascinating read.
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Macfarlane, Walter & Ross 1992. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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