A day in old Athens; a picture of Athenian life (1914).By: William Stearns Davis (illustrated): (World's Classics) Original Version. William Stearns ... an American educator, historian, and author. - Softcover

Davis, William Stearns

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1537618369 ISBN 13: 9781537618364

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go back in time? Have you ever wanted to ask an expert what it would be like to walk the streets of ancient Athens or Rome, William Stearns Davis (April 30, 1877 – February 15, 1930) was an American educator, historian, and author. He has been cited as one who “contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . . . [but] was intrigued by the human side of history, which, at the time, was neglected by the discipline.”After first experimenting with short stories, he turned while still a college undergraduate to longer forms to relate, from an involved (fictional) character’s view, a number of critical turns of history. This faculty for humanizing, even dramatizing, history characterized Davis’ later academic and professional writings as well, making them particularly suitable for secondary and higher education during the first half of the twentieth century in a field which, according to one editor, had “lost the freshness and robustness . . . the congeniality”that should mark the study of history. Both Davis’ fiction and non-fiction are found in public and academic libraries today.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1537618369
• ISBN 13: 9781537618364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128