Classroom Virtuoso

Victor L. Cahn is professor of English at Skidmore College.

• Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 My Friend, Millard Fillmore Chapter 3 Four Strings, a Bow, and Reality Chapter 4 The Universe and Dr. Cahn Chapter 5 Formidable Figures Up Front Chapter 6 Academic Interruptus Chapter 7 On the Cusp of Change Chapter 8 Finding My Way Chapter 9 A Teacher Grows Up Chapter 10 Reflections on a Way of Life Chapter 11 Confessions of a Closet Jock Chapter 12 Professor Chapter 13 A Job for Life Chapter 14 A Man of the Theater Chapter 15 On Being a Teacher Chapter 16 Little Lessons Learned Along the Way Chapter 17 Curtain

Delightful, witty, well-written, and insightful, Classroom Virtuoso provides not just an entertaining and informative perspective of American education at the prep school and college level, but also a thoughtful perspective of the effects of a changing American society on academic communities over the past fifty years. Whether you teach at a liberal arts college or have attended one, this book is sure to engage you.