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McGuffey Readers |
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McGuffey Readers sold 122,000,000 copies and exerted profound moral and cultural effect in mid 19th-century America. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 509] See : Education |
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Michael Kirst notes that the widely read McGuffey readers, first published in 1836, openly preached the Protestant ethic, while Catharine Beecher "urged that the school teach the importance of fresh air, loose clothing, simple diet, and exercise. One site encapsulates these arguments: "The McGuffey Readers were a better reading system than anything that exists in a school today . |
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