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The Headmaster (book)

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The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield
AuthorJohn McPhee
Published1966
ISBN0-374-51496-8

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

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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

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  1. ^ "THE HEADMASTER: Frank L. Boyden Of Deerfield". Virginia Kirkus' Service. 21 November 1966. ProQuest 916894799.
  2. ^ McKey, John (4 December 1966). "Giant Without Peer". The Boston Globe. ProQuest 367201303.
  3. ^ Ophus, Jan (4 October 2000). "Homage to a headmaster". Education Week. Vol. 20, no. 5. ProQuest 202734504.