William McGuffey
Subtitle: mentor to American industry
By: Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.
Publisher: Algora Pub.; Algora Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780875867267; 9780875867274
Subjects: McGuffey, William Holmes, -- 1800-1873; Educators -- United States -- Biography; Moral education -- United States -- History; Readers -- History
Genres: Biography
Description: Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier America's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of readers, McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles with classic readings. Throughout Prof. Skrabec's research on American industrialists, the name William McGuffey kept popping up. William McGuffey was clearly the mentor of many of America's greatest capitalists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.