Schola Illustris: The Roxbury Latin School 1645-1995 [Hardcover]

F. Washington Jarvis (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher; 1st edition (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567920667
• ISBN-13: 978-1567920666
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,091,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bold, captivating memoir of epic proportion., June 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Schola Illustris: The Roxbury Latin School 1645-1995 (Hardcover)

This book changed my life forever. Jarvis' history is so delightfully tactful, so eloquently smooth that I simply could not put this book down. Jarvis writes with a certain "je ne sais quoi" that a reader MUST experience on his/her own. The obviously blessed children who are chosen to enter this school must all be rewarded amply.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautifully Crafted Book, Intellectual, and Awe-inspirirng, November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Schola Illustris: The Roxbury Latin School 1645-1995 (Hardcover)

Jarvis has done it again! This wonderful epic of a novel, about a school passing the test of time and becoming the oldest school in continuous existance in North America. By passing this test of time The Roxbury Latin School has established itself as one of the Best schools in the United States of America.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Early Colonial Educational History, March 4, 2000

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Rick Orli (Arlington VA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schola Illustris: The Roxbury Latin School 1645-1995 (Hardcover)

I was attracted by the "Early Colonial History - how educational institutions were formed and financed" aspect of the book, and found it to be a great resource in that sense.