Neill! Neill! Orange Peel! An Autobiography by A. S. Neill, the World-famous Headmaster of Summerhill School

by Alexander Sutherland Neill

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There is a bit of the old man telling stories here, but Neill's unabashed honesty and disarming charm make this a delight to read. The great educator delves into how the punished sex play with his sister stunted his own sexual development and playing the trickster mentor to troubled youths led to innovative, imaginative wisdom that was also imitated. Growing up in Scotland figures in here. After a majority part that is chronological biography, Neill offers a potpourri of short pieces on kids - these - days, women, Ibsen, and more. His recollections of Wilhelm Reich are what prompted me to read this, and they are worth the price of admission

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Peau de mandarine
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Neill! Neill! Orange peel
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Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS
371.2Society, government, & cultureEducationSchools and their activities; special educationSchool organization; School records
LCC
LF795 .L692953 .N38EducationIndividual institutions – EuropeIndividual institutionsGreat BritainEngland
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