Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women

by Victor Goertzel, Mildred Goertzel, Ted George Goertzel

Overview

Read about the fascinating childhoods of more than 700 famous people! The 1962 provocative classic by Victor and Mildred Goertzel is printed here in its entirety, and is updated for the 21st Century to include additional information from "Three Hundred Eminent Personalities" (1978) and from new biographies published in the last six years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780910707572
Publisher:	Gifted Unlimited
Publication date:	04/20/2020
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Victor Goertzel, Ph.D., a psychologist specializing in group and individual psychotherapy, lived in Palo Alto and San Jose, California. After receiving his B.A. and M.A. degrees in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan in 1953. He was a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and was a Past President of the National Association for Gifted Children.

Mildred George Goertzel, formerly a high school teacher, became director of the Forum School for Emotionally Disturbed Children in Pater- son, New Jersey, but later devoted full time to writing. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and did graduate work in English at the University of Chicago and North- western University, as well as in child development at the University of California at Berkeley.

Ted George Goertzel, a son of Mildred and Victor, has continued the family tradition of studying people, particularly as they are involved in social or political change. He has published six books and numerous professional papers primarily concerning social movements, generational conflict, and social class and political attitudes. Ted currently is professor and former chairperson in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. He received his B.A. degree from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio with a major in sociology and anthropology. Both his M.A. degree in sociology and Latin American studies and his Ph.D. degree in sociology were awarded by Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to teaching at Rutgers, Ted taught at the University of Oregon and the University of São Paulo.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Homes that Respect Learning and Achievement

Chapter 2. Opinionated Parents

Chapter 3. Failure-Prone Fathers

Chapter 4. Dominating Mothers, but Few Dominating Fathers

Chapter5. “Smothering” Mothers

Chapter6. Troubled Homes

Chapter 7. Not-So-Troubled Homes

Chapter 8. Children With Handicaps

Chapter 9. Early Agonies

Chapter 10. Dislike of School and Schoolteachers

Chapter 11. “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking”

Chapter 12. Cradles of Eminence Today

Conclusion

EndNotes·

Appendix A. Bibliography and Biographical Notes

Appendix B. Individuals Discussed in Three Hundred EminentPersonalities: A Psychosocial Analysis of the Famous

Appendix C. Individuals Discussed in Turncoats and True Believers: The Dynamics of Political Belief and Disillusionment

Appendix D. Biographical Sources for the Cradles of Eminence, SecondEdition 2003 Update Sample

Index

About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

We refer to 'Cradles of Eminence' as a classic, and it should be on every educator's and parent's bookshelf.
—CAG Communicator

Elaine Wiener

"Fascinating to read...a wealth of anecdotal information about the youthful struggles of truly remarkable people"

Midwest Book Review