Memoirs of an Obscure Professor

by Boller, Paul F.
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ISBN: 9780875650975
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During the heyday of McCarthyism, the Chicago Tribune, offended by something he had written, contemptuously dismissed Paul Boller as "an obscure professor" - he was then teaching at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Some forty-five years later, reflecting on the incident, Boller wrote an essay on what it was like to be an obscure professor at one of America's less publicized campuses in a conservative community during the late 1950s and early 1960s. That essay became the foundation for this collection of autobiographical selections reflecting the interests and pursuits of a man who gained national recognition, both inside the academic community and beyond, but still values his obscurity. Whether it is a study of the much-maligned Calvin Coolidge or an account of his Navy service as a translator of Japanese during World War II, Boller brings to his writing a fresh approach and a lively and wry wit.
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Boller, Paul F.
  • ISBN: 9780875650975
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.20 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 258
  • Publication Year: 1992

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