LEADER 03008nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910455426703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-87586-728-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805802 035 $a(EBL)471039 035 $a(OCoLC)457045832 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000272134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12077506 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295733 035 $a(PQKB)11045618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471039 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471039 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476868 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805802 100 $a20090522d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWilliam McGuffey$b[electronic resource] $ementor to American industry /$fQuentin R. Skrabec, Jr 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87586-726-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Frontier Scotch and Scotch-Irish; Chapter 3. A Rich Heritage; Chapter 4. The Early Education of William Holmes McGuffey; Chapter 5. Transylvania; Chapter 6. The Miami Years; Chapter 7. College of Teachers; Chapter 8. Cincinnati; Chapter 9. Ohio University; Chapter 10. Woodward College; Chapter 11. University of Virginia Professor; Chapter 12. The Civil War and Final Years; Chapter 13. The One-Room School House; Chapter 14. The McGuffey Reader; Chapter 15. An American View of Education; Chapter 16. Pedagogy and Methodology 327 $aChapter 17. A Common VisionChapter 18. McGuffeyland Capitalism; Chapter 19. McGuffeyland Morals and Patriotism; Chapter 20. The Legacy of the Man and his Books; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThanks 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.