{"product_id":"the-headmaster-frank-l-boyden-of-deerfield-paperback","title":"The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn McPhee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McPhee\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and led to his long association with \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Where You Are\u003c\/i\u003e, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written nearly 30 books, including \u003ci\u003eOranges\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eComing into the Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eThe Control of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eThe Founding Fish\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eUncommon Carriers\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eSilk Parachute\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). \u003ci\u003eEncounters with the Archdruid\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and \u003ci\u003eThe Curve of Binding Energy\u003c\/i\u003e (1974) were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science. McPhee received the Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977. In 1999, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003eAnnals of the Former World\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755623579936,"sku":"9780374514969","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/609fb6a35871f754bce7f61ec1411afc.webp?v=1780063893","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-headmaster-frank-l-boyden-of-deerfield-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}