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The Headmaster

by John McPhee

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Farrrar Strauss & Giroux, 1966. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in a near fine jacket.Author's Rare Second Book.Diagonal Fold top panel.Ink inscription.Funeralwrite up on Frank Boyden,of Deerfield the subject.Excellent Copy..

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
Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Headmaster
Author
John McPhee
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Farrrar Strauss & Giroux
Date Published
1966
Keywords
John McPhee
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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