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Houghton Mifflin

Don Brown

Albert is described as cruel, and angry, he throws tantrums the text tells young readers that “His temper so terrifies a tutor hired to help young Albert prepare for school that she runs away, never to be seen again.” In the picture Albert and his anger are foregrounded as the tutor runs away in terror, apparently never to be seen again. You will be hard pressed to find historical precedent for this story: By all accounts Albert was a much more timid boy, but it is easy to see here how masculinity and power are imbued on this child.

Brown, Don. Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein . Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

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