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- Textbook, "McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1920 - The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- 1920
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Textbook, "McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1920
The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- Textbook, "McGuffey's Newly Revised First Reader," circa 1844 - The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- circa 1844
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Textbook, "McGuffey's Newly Revised First Reader," circa 1844
The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- Textbook, "McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1920 - The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- 1920
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Textbook, "McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1920
The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- Textbook, "McGuffey's New Second Eclectic Reader," 1865 - The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- 1865
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Textbook, "McGuffey's New Second Eclectic Reader," 1865
The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- Textbook, "New McGuffey Second Reader," Revised Edition, Published 1901 - The McGuffey Readers were a textbook series used in schools throughout the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subject matter. The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had an overtone of religion.
- 1901
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Textbook, "New McGuffey Second Reader," Revised Edition, Published 1901
The McGuffey Readers were a textbook series used in schools throughout the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subject matter. The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had an overtone of religion.
- Henry Ford with a McGuffey Reader inside William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace, Greenfield Village, 1940 -
- September 23, 1940
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Henry Ford with a McGuffey Reader inside William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace, Greenfield Village, 1940
- Olive Burdeno McGuffey Reader Collection, McGuffey Readers Series - Henry Ford remembered fondly the McGuffey Readers he studied in the one-room schools of his youth. He even had them reprinted in 1930, so that students in his Edison Institute Schools could learn from them as well. Ford -- having looked up some of his childhood classmates -- gave this set of the reprinted Readers to Olive Burdeno, who had attended school with Ford in the 1870s.
- 1885
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Olive Burdeno McGuffey Reader Collection, McGuffey Readers Series
Henry Ford remembered fondly the McGuffey Readers he studied in the one-room schools of his youth. He even had them reprinted in 1930, so that students in his Edison Institute Schools could learn from them as well. Ford -- having looked up some of his childhood classmates -- gave this set of the reprinted Readers to Olive Burdeno, who had attended school with Ford in the 1870s.
- Textbook, "McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1920 - The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- 1920
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Textbook, "McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1920
The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- Textbook, "McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1907 - The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- 1907
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Textbook, "McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1907
The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- Textbook, "McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1921 - The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.
- 1921
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Textbook, "McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader," Revised Edition 1879, Published 1921
The McGuffey Readers textbook series was used in American schools during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Readers emphasized the fundamental skills of reading and writing but included stories on a wide range of subjects from many sources (hence, "eclectic"). The books were also intended to develop proper character in children, and had a religious overtone.