McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
"McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader" by William Holmes McGuffey is a textbook published in the 1840s. Part of a groundbreaking series of graded primers, it featured stories, poems, essays, and speeches from renowned writers like Lord Byron and John Milton. The Readers shaped America's first mass-literate generation, emphasizing vocabulary, public speaking, and moral education. Selling over 120 million copies by 1960, they remain influential in homeschooling and private education today. (This is an
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| Author | McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873 |
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| Title | McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffey_Readers |
| Credits | Produced by Don Kostuch |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PE: Language and Literatures: English |
| Subject | Readers |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 15040 |
| Release Date | Feb 14, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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