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Blow Your Little Tin Whistle
Peggy A. Pittas
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Description for Blow Your Little Tin Whistle
Hardback. This book is a biography of Richard Clarke Sommerville, an educator, amateur actor, and artist, whose life spanned the last quarter of the nineteenth century and six decades of the twentieth century. His dedication to the fine arts was not just a passing interest, but was central to his definition of the right way to live. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
This book is a biography of Richard Clarke Sommerville, an educator, amateur actor, and artist, whose life spanned the last quarter of the nineteenth century and six decades of the twentieth century. His dedication to the fine arts was not just a passing interest, but was central to his definition of the right way to live. Education was the key to his positive attitude. He held definite views about what an education should do for the individual. His education within the home environment, his experiences within the educational settings of his day, and his ultimate acceptance ... Read more
This book is a biography of Richard Clarke Sommerville, an educator, amateur actor, and artist, whose life spanned the last quarter of the nineteenth century and six decades of the twentieth century. His dedication to the fine arts was not just a passing interest, but was central to his definition of the right way to live. Education was the key to his positive attitude. He held definite views about what an education should do for the individual. His education within the home environment, his experiences within the educational settings of his day, and his ultimate acceptance ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819187444
SKU
V9780819187444
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Peggy A. Pittas
Peggy A. Pittas is Associate Professor of Psychology at Lynchburg College.
Reviews for Blow Your Little Tin Whistle
...Pittas's biography is a valuable contribution to a better historical understanding of these possibly lost voices of our profession.
James L. Green, College of Mount Saint Joseph, in HISTORY OF EDUCATION QUARTERLY In this sensitively drawn vignette of Richard Clarke Sommerville, Peggy Pittas reminds us that deserving biography need not be confined to military, political, religious and business leaders....Sommerville ... Read more
James L. Green, College of Mount Saint Joseph, in HISTORY OF EDUCATION QUARTERLY In this sensitively drawn vignette of Richard Clarke Sommerville, Peggy Pittas reminds us that deserving biography need not be confined to military, political, religious and business leaders....Sommerville ... Read more