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Comrades of the Quest: An Oral History of Reed College
John Sheehy
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1769.
The Ideal College is a college free to pursue its mission with unobscured vision of the truth, and power to proclaim the truth without fear or favour of politicians, or religious sects, or benefactors, or public cries, or its own administrative machinery.' - William Trufant Foster Visionary.
Iconoclast. Rebel. William Trufant Foster set out in 1911 to launch the 'ideal college,' and succeeded in building an intellectual liberal arts powerhouse that over the next century would perpetually seek to break the hard crust of custom and orthodoxy. Foster's quest for excellence and truth generated a steady yield of ... Read more
The Ideal College is a college free to pursue its mission with unobscured vision of the truth, and power to proclaim the truth without fear or favour of politicians, or religious sects, or benefactors, or public cries, or its own administrative machinery.' - William Trufant Foster Visionary.
Iconoclast. Rebel. William Trufant Foster set out in 1911 to launch the 'ideal college,' and succeeded in building an intellectual liberal arts powerhouse that over the next century would perpetually seek to break the hard crust of custom and orthodoxy. Foster's quest for excellence and truth generated a steady yield of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870716676
SKU
V9780870716676
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About John Sheehy
John Sheehy is a writer and publisher who has worked as an executive or consultant with a number of companies, ranging from independents like Utne Reader, Parabola, Afar, Dwell, Inc., and Fast Company, to media giants like Time, Inc., Bertelsmann, and Reader's Digest. A graduate of Reed College, he and his wife live in Sonoma Country, California. Comrades of the ... Read more
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