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Battle Rock : the struggle over a one-room school in America's vanishing West / William Celis.
Van Pelt Library LD7501.C87613 C45 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Celis, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Battle Rock Charter School (Montezuma County, Colo.).
- Rural schools--Colorado--Cortez.
- Rural schools.
- Colorado--Cortez.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 233 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Public Affairs, [2002]
- Summary:
- A colorful look at rural America's rebound--and at the tensions created when urban expatriates meet old-time country values--centered on a Colorado community and its one-room school house.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Battle Rock 3
- Chapter 2 No Ordinary School 14
- Chapter 3 Country Boys 27
- Chapter 4 A Fitful Transition 40
- Chapter 5 Coming Home 54
- Chapter 6 "This Hasn't Been Easy" 65
- Chapter 7 The Boat Races 76
- Chapter 8 The Cloakroom 83
- Chapter 9 "The Friendliest Town in the West" 91
- Chapter 10 Getting Along 101
- Chapter 11 A Battle Rock Christmas 109
- Chapter 12 A Canyon Winter 121
- Chapter 13 Audrey 132
- Chapter 14 Faith, and a Miracle 145
- Chapter 15 Living on the Edge 154
- Chapter 16 "How Well Are We Doing?" 163
- Chapter 17 Innocence Lost 170
- Chapter 18 "It's Good to Make Your Own Way" 180
- Chapter 19 The Vanishing West 193
- Chapter 20 Final Days 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1891620665
- OCLC:
- 50559680
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