The Original McGuffeys Eclectic First Reader (McGuffey's Readers)

William McGuffey

ISBN 10: 0880620021 / ISBN 13: 9780880620024

Published by Mott Media, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Original McGuffeys Eclectic First Reader (McGuffey's Readers)
• Publisher: Mott Media
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880620021
• ISBN 13: 9780880620024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Most words are phonetically regular. A few have silent letters. The words get as hard as "would" and "stalked" and "engaged." Includes stories of children who want to please God and who love to learn. Use in the second and third grades.

About the Author

William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a "born" educator. Beginning by teaching his younger brothers and sisters, William McGuffey accepted his first teaching position at 13 in a one-room school with 48 students. After graduating from Washington College and being ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he taught moral philosophy at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for almost ten years. It was during this period that McGuffey wrote and compiled the Readers that made him famous. Later McGuffey rose to the rank of university president, serving Cincinnati College and Ohio University. He spent the final third of his life teaching moral philosophy at the University of Virginia.