{"product_id":"teacher-the-one-who-made-the-difference-9780375708541","title":"Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference","description":"In 1969, Mark Edmundson was a typical high school senior in working-class Medford, Massachusetts. He loved football, disdained schoolwork, and seemed headed for a factory job in his hometown--until a maverick philosophy teacher turned his life around. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Frank Lears, a small, nervous man wearing a moth-eaten suit, arrived at Medford fresh from Harvard University, his students pegged him as an easy target. Lears was unfazed by their spitballs and classroom antics. He shook things up, trading tired textbooks for Kesey and Camus, and provoking his class with questions about authority, conformity, civil rights, and the Vietnam War. He rearranged seats and joined in a ferocious snowball fight with Edmundson and his football crew. Lears's impassioned attempts to get these kids to think for themselves provided Mark Edmundson with exactly the push he needed to break away from the lockstep life of Medford High. Written with verve and candor, \u003cb\u003eTeacher\u003c\/b\u003e is Edmundson's heartfelt tribute to the man who changed the course of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Edmundson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375708541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2003 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Edmundson is a professor of English at the University of Virginia. A prizewinning scholar, he has published a number of works of literary and cultural criticism, including \u003cb\u003eLiterature Against Philosophy, Plato to Derrida\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written for such publications as \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHarper's, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere he is a contributing editor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332928274547,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3f48e70d-e824-4337-b431-b3a6b1a04d7d.jpg?v=1754657491","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/teacher-the-one-who-made-the-difference-9780375708541","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}