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Scots-Irish Ohio trainer William Holmes McGuffey’s readers sold more than 120 million copies between 1836 and 1960 and continued to sell tens of 1000’s of copies per year after that. Found in classrooms in all places for more than 100 years, it was the #2 best-selling guide within the 19th century after only the Bible and remains one of the best-selling books of all time. Instead of educational pursuits like math and science, early schools focused on ideas like morality, family, and neighborhood. The most important subject of all, and the one which guided the teaching of all others, was…

Scots-Irish Ohio trainer William Holmes McGuffey’s readers sold more than 120 million copies between 1836 and 1960 and continued to sell tens of 1000’s of copies per year after that. Found in classrooms in all places for more than 100 years, it was the #2 best-selling guide within the 19th century after only the Bible and remains one of the best-selling books of all time. Instead of educational pursuits like math and science, early schools focused on ideas like morality, family, and neighborhood. The most important subject of all, and the one which guided the teaching of all others, was…