Littlefield was also a well-known wrestling coach at Mt. Vernon High School and Amherst College. Author John Irving served as an informal assistant coach at Amherst, and mentioned Littlefield in his essay-cum-memoir, "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed." On page 118, Irving wrote, “Henry Littlefield was the coach at Amherst then; Henry was a heavyweight—everything about him was grand. He was more than expansive, he was eloquent; he was better than good-humored, he was jolly. Henry was very rare, a kind of Renaissance man among wrestling coaches, and the atmosphere in the Amherst wrestling room was, to Henry’s credit, both aggressive and good-natured—a difficult combination to achieve.”
Littlefield received his B.A. from Columbia College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.[6][7] During his studies, he also served as an officer in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1958.[6] At Columbia, he played in the Varsity Show and attended the American Theatre Wing with the intention of becoming an actor.[6]
henry, littlefield, henry, littlefield, june, 1933, march, 2000, american, educator, author, historian, most, notable, claim, that, frank, baum, wonderful, wizard, political, satire, founding, long, tradition, political, interpretations, this, book, wrote, ess. Henry M Littlefield June 12 1933 March 30 2000 was an American educator author and historian most notable for his claim that L Frank Baum s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a political satire founding a long tradition of political interpretations of this book He wrote an essay about his theory for his high school students in Mount Vernon New York and published it 1 in the American Quarterly in 1964 2 3 4 5 Littlefield was also a well known wrestling coach at Mt Vernon High School and Amherst College Author John Irving served as an informal assistant coach at Amherst and mentioned Littlefield in his essay cum memoir Trying to Save Piggy Sneed On page 118 Irving wrote Henry Littlefield was the coach at Amherst then Henry was a heavyweight everything about him was grand He was more than expansive he was eloquent he was better than good humored he was jolly Henry was very rare a kind of Renaissance man among wrestling coaches and the atmosphere in the Amherst wrestling room was to Henry s credit both aggressive and good natured a difficult combination to achieve Littlefield served as dean of students at Amherst leaving that position in 1976 to become headmaster of the York School in Monterey California He also taught at Golden Gate University Naval Postgraduate School and the Stevenson School 6 Littlefield received his B A from Columbia College and his M A and Ph D from Columbia University 6 7 During his studies he also served as an officer in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1958 6 At Columbia he played in the Varsity Show and attended the American Theatre Wing with the intention of becoming an actor 6 He died on March 30 2000 6 References Edit The Wizard of Oz Parable on Populism American Quarterly Vol 16 No 1 Spring 1964 pp 47 58 Dighe Ranjit S The Historian s Wizard of Oz Reading L Frank Baum s Classic As a Political and Monetary Allegory Westport Conn Praeger 2002 Thomas Singer The Vision Thing Myth Politics and Psyche in the World Routledge 2000 p 63 Goodwin Jason Greenback The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America New York Henry Holt 2003 p 281 Schlesinger Arthur M A Life in the Twentieth Century Boston Houghton Mifflin 2000 p 64 a b c d e Columbia College Today www college columbia edu Retrieved 2022 05 04 Populism and the World of Oz National Museum of American History 2016 10 31 Retrieved 2022 05 04 External links EditThe essay at the Wayback Machine archived February 20 2003 His essay on the origins of the Oz essay nbsp This biography of an American historian is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Littlefield amp oldid 1110947509, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
