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Classics Shades

Classics Shades

Howe, M. A. DeWolfe

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Biographies GeneralGeneral EducationGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1025415698
ISBN13: 9781025415697
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Classic Shades is a sophisticated collection of biographical essays that explores the lives and legacies of five influential figures who defined the course of American higher education. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer M. A. DeWolfe Howe, the work provides an intimate look at the prophets of learning who shaped the nation's most prestigious academic institutions. The profiles include Timothy Dwight of Yale, Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke, Mark Hopkins of Williams, James McCosh of Princeton, and Charles William Eliot of Harvard.

Through these portraits, Howe captures the distinct personalities and educational philosophies that drove these leaders to transform their respective colleges. The book examines how their individual visions for scholarship, character-building, and institutional growth laid the foundation for the modern American university system. Written with historical depth and literary grace, Classic Shades serves as an essential study of the intellectual evolution of the United States and the visionary individuals who guided its academic culture through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It remains a significant resource for readers interested in the intersection of biography, history, and the development of American education.

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