The Essence of Harvard: Charles W. Eliot's Harvard Memories

by Paul Rich and Charles William Eliot

Charles W. Eliot was the longest tenured Harvard president and one of the founders of the modern American university. He became an iconic figure in American life, called upon for opinions on virtually every subject under the sun. His "five foot shelf" of books that everyone should read became a staple in the American home, and when inscriptions were to be chiseled on the fronts of post offices and libraries, it was to Eliot that an appeal was made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944285732
• ISBN13: 9780944285732
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Westphalia Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.5" x 9.3"