All the Best, Neill (Routledge Revivals)

Letters from Summerhill

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Educational Reform
Cover of the book All the Best, Neill (Routledge Revivals) by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781317330615
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: August 20, 2015
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781317330615
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: August 20, 2015
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

A. S. Neill, founder of Summerhill, the most admired and most feared of all progressive schools, was famous as a schoolteacher, educational reformer, and author of illuminating and stylish books about education and the mind of the child. But few people know he was also a dedicated, prolific, uninhibited, witty and often mischievous letter writer. This selection of gems, first published in 1983, has been chosen from hundreds of his letters by his biographer. It includes letters about education, children, politics, writing, fatherhood, the Bomb, old age and death. ‘All the best, Neill’ was the familiar ending of his letters to the famous – H. G. Wells, Bertrand Russell, Henry Miller, Paul Goodman, Wilhelm Reich, Homer Lane; to important educators – W. B. Curry of Dartington, John Aitkenhead of Kilquhanity, Bob Mackenzie of Braehead, Dora Russell of Beacon Hill; to unknown friends, parents, and even casual correspondents. To read these letters is to share the company of a great and always delightful man, who wrote each one with the same commitment and gaiety.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A. S. Neill, founder of Summerhill, the most admired and most feared of all progressive schools, was famous as a schoolteacher, educational reformer, and author of illuminating and stylish books about education and the mind of the child. But few people know he was also a dedicated, prolific, uninhibited, witty and often mischievous letter writer. This selection of gems, first published in 1983, has been chosen from hundreds of his letters by his biographer. It includes letters about education, children, politics, writing, fatherhood, the Bomb, old age and death. ‘All the best, Neill’ was the familiar ending of his letters to the famous – H. G. Wells, Bertrand Russell, Henry Miller, Paul Goodman, Wilhelm Reich, Homer Lane; to important educators – W. B. Curry of Dartington, John Aitkenhead of Kilquhanity, Bob Mackenzie of Braehead, Dora Russell of Beacon Hill; to unknown friends, parents, and even casual correspondents. To read these letters is to share the company of a great and always delightful man, who wrote each one with the same commitment and gaiety.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Science Fiction and Organization by
Cover of the book On Stories by
Cover of the book Constructed Ecologies by
Cover of the book Collaboration in Education by
Cover of the book Investigative Interviewing by
Cover of the book Visioning Technologies by
Cover of the book Life History and Narrative by
Cover of the book Solution-Focused Cognitive and Systemic Therapy by
Cover of the book Fostering Fundamentalism by
Cover of the book Transforming Archaeology by
Cover of the book Principal's Edge, The by
Cover of the book Essentials of Dyadic Interviewing by
Cover of the book Saudi Arabia in a Multipolar World by
Cover of the book Performance Tasks and Rubrics for High School Mathematics by
Cover of the book Democratic Theory as Public Philosophy: The Alternative to Ideology and Utopia by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy