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Stephen A. Thernstrom, Winthrop Professor of History...
...Thernstrom works hard, plays hard, and loves every minute of it. He began his summer by completing a project he has been working on for several years an intermediate textbook chronicling U.S. history from colonial times to the present. Finishing the book entitled "A History of the American People," was "very satisfting," he syas since initial hatcover versions are expected to be 200 pages long...
...that's not all, Sound body, sound mind was the credo of ancient Athens and after finishing his book Thernstrom laid academia aside to spend several weeks climbing mountain peaks in the White Mountain chain and on Mt. Desert Island. Tackling the largest mountain east of the Mississippi, Mt. Washington, was, Thernstrom says, one of the most difficult ascents. Though they left at dawn, he notes, the climb took all day. "At the top it was incredibly foggy and wet and there were no views at all," he says, "but the getting up and down were very exciting...
...History Department here is currently looking for two new American history professors. Stephan A. Thernstrom, Winthrop Professor of History, said yesterday. But he added that neither would necessarily specialize in the West...
Winthrop Professor of History Stephan Thernstrom agree with Brewer that "English squash isn't really harder. It's a bigger court, as well as a slower ball, and certainly it is a game of greater finesse. But certainly in American squash you can run around." Thernstrom, who is often sighted hastening from lectures with two rackets in hand, is a convert from jogging, which he quit because, as he says. "I lack the moral stamina to make myself do it. It's boring...