The Beacon Handbook

by Perrin and Robert Perrin

Book Overview

This handbook is both a text for freshman composition courses and a reference tool for writers. It leads students through the steps of the writing process with clear guidelines and strategies for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395526868
• ISBN13: 9780395526866
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 708 Pages

Customer Reviews

Very well indexed

College was over 10 years ago for me but this useful little hardcover has remained a fixture on my desk through law school and several jobs. I'm not one of Dr. Perrin's students, and I really have no clue about his qualifications beyond writing this book, but I can definitely vouch for its usefulness. It's useful for several reasons. It's clear, it's concise, and it's indexed well. Grammar tends not to suffer the fluid trends of popular fancy, so my circa 1989 second edition is still an essential in my writing arsenal - but I would like to see an update in my lifetime.

The Best Handbook on the Market

I would highly recommend purchasing this handbook above all others. I had Dr. Perrin as a professor in college many years ago as an English Major. I have used this book as a college student, a middle and high school teacher, and now in the training field. I recommend the purchase of this handbook to all new trainers for it is the easiest to use and most well orgainized book for beginning writers on the market. I have purchased others, but I keep going back to Dr. Perrin's Beacon.

Best resource out there

I had to purchase this book when I was in college. I thought it odd when I picked it up. The book is a wonderful resource. I had Dr. Perrin as a professor and he is as down to earth and easy to understand as this book. Now that I am a teacher I use the book all the time. It is especially great when you need to find something quickly. This book is never too far out of my reach.

A gold mine

One of the finest, most comprehensive, and easiest-to-use guidebooks on the market, updated with concise direction in dealing with documentation of the newest forms of media. Helped me through four years of college at Indiana State (as one of Dr. Perrin's students), three years as a high school English teacher (where my students used it more than I did), and now as a web professional at a small southern college. Highly recommended.

A gold mine

One of the finest, most comprehensive, and easiest-to-use guidebooks on the market, updated with concise direction in dealing with documentation of the newest forms of media. Helped me through four years of college, three years as a high school English teacher (where my students used it more than I did), and now as a manager with an internet company. Highly recommended!