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The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield

by McPhee, John

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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. Jacket is scuffed with light edgewear, price clipped. Green cloth boards are scuffed with light edgewear, 1/2" of moisture damage to top of spine. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield
Author
McPhee, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Printing
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1966
Keywords
Biography
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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