The Headmaster (book)
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| Author | John McPhee |
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| Published | 1966 |
| ISBN | 0-374-51496-8 |
The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield is a 1966 book by John McPhee, profiling Frank Boyden, the long-time headmaster of Deerfield Academy. The book was expanded from a magazine profile in The New Yorker.
Critical reception
[edit]The Kirkus review called the book an "effortless portrait" and wrote that it was "much more interesting" than Roger Drury's Drury of St. Paul's (1964).[1]
The Boston Globe review noted that the book was not only a depiction of Boyden, but also "a record of the touching and memorable partnership of a man and his wife."[2]
Jan Ophus wrote in Education Week in 2000 that the book should be required reading for every high school principal.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "THE HEADMASTER: Frank L. Boyden Of Deerfield". Virginia Kirkus' Service. 21 November 1966. ProQuest 916894799.
- ↑ McKey, John (4 December 1966). "Giant Without Peer". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 367201303.
- ↑ Ophus, Jan (4 October 2000). "Homage to a headmaster". Education Week. Vol. 20, no. 5. ProQuest 202734504.
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