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Author:
Fiorini-Jenner, Gail L., author.
Title:
One room : schools and schoolteachers in the pioneer West / Gail L. Jenner.
Publisher:
TwoDot,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
ix, 180 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Rural schools--West (U.S.)--History.
Education, Rural--West (U.S.)--History.
Pioneer children--History.--West (U.S.)--History.
Education, Rural.
Rural schools.
West United States.
Education, Rural--West (U.S.)--History.
Pioneer children--History.--West (U.S.)--History.
Rural schools--West (U.S.)--History.
HISTORY / Study & Teaching.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The three Rs in one room -- Schoolteacher stories -- Moving West -- Alaska -- Arizona -- California -- Colorado -- Idaho -- Kansas -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New Mexico -- North Dakota -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- South Dakota -- Texas -- Utah -- Washington -- Wyoming.
Summary:
"A fond recollection of the West's one-room school houses, this book celebrates an American institution with stories of heroism and perseverance. Illustrated with archival images of classrooms and students, One Room reflects the earnest striving and innocent hopes of pioneers forging communities"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1493036688
9781493036684
OCLC:
(OCoLC)990287395
LCCN:
2018018494
Locations:
BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)
BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)

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