The bright boys : a history of Townsend Harris High School

Summary: Annotation Townsend Harris High School in Manhattan was no ordinary high school. Named for the man who brought free higher education to New York City, students like Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Herman Wouk, Jonas Salk, and three future Nobel Laureates commuted from all five boroughs of the city in order to attend.

Record details

ISBN: 9780313314797
ISBN: 0313314799
ISBN: 9780313002113
ISBN: 0313002118
ISBN: 9780585389912
ISBN: 0585389918
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) : photographs
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Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Bright Boys -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 A LOOK BACK -- 2 SUB- FRESHMAN MOVES UP -- 3 STUDENTS AND THEORIES -- 4 CHANGE OF IDENTITY -- 5 HARRIS OBSERVED -- 6 PERPENDICULAR LEARNING -- 7 EDUCATORS' DILEMMA -- 8 FERMENT AND AGITATION -- 9 CLOUDS OVER 23RD AND LEXINGTON -- 10 TROUBLES ABOUND -- 11 SAM'S BOYS -- 12 A STATE OF "CHASIS" -- 13 BEGINNING OF THE END -- 14 TO PLAN OR NOT TO PLAN -- 15 WAITING IT OUT -- 16 FATAL SPRING -- 17 AVE ATQUE VALE -- REFERENCE SOURCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.