McGuffey, Schoolmaster of America
By Henry J. Pratt More than 180 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, the publishing firm of Truman and Winthrop B. Smith signed a textbook contract with William Holmes Mc-Guffey, a dour disciplinarian and relatively unknown homespun philosophy professor. The contract obligated McGuffey to prepare six school books—a primer, a speller and four readers. When the now-famous contract was approved in […]
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