The House on College Avenue: The Comptons

The House on College Avenue: The Comptons

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: James R. Blackwood

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Condition - General, Very Good, Dust Jacket: good with some shelf wear, In good condition


The House on College Avenue: The Comptons is a book by James R. Blackwood, published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968. The book contains 265 pages of memoirs and anecdotes of the Compton family, who lived in the presidentÕs house at MIT from 1930 to 1948. The book recounts the personal and professional lives of Karl Taylor Compton, a physicist and president of MIT, and his wife Osa, a social activist and educator. The book also portrays the history and culture of MIT and Cambridge during the Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: James R. Blackwood

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Condition - General, Very Good, Dust Jacket: good with some shelf wear, In good condition


The House on College Avenue: The Comptons is a book by James R. Blackwood, published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968. The book contains 265 pages of memoirs and anecdotes of the Compton family, who lived in the presidentÕs house at MIT from 1930 to 1948. The book recounts the personal and professional lives of Karl Taylor Compton, a physicist and president of MIT, and his wife Osa, a social activist and educator. The book also portrays the history and culture of MIT and Cambridge during the Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War.