Visions and Voices: Montana's One-Room Schoolhouses
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985497106 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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The preservation of one-room schoolhouses is important, as they are among Montana's first frontier structures. This donation will serve to create a challenge grant, earmarked for Montana's endangered one-room schoolhouses. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of this book will be donated to the Preserve Montana Fund, a campaign of collaboration between the Montana Preservation Alliance, the Montana History Foundation, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Their voices share memories and perspectives about a way of life, gone for the most part, and breathe life into these visions of rural heritage. These stories told by students and teachers, many of whom are now in their eighties or nineties tell of adventures traveling to and from school, the school day, recess games, family life,
Ann Marie Becker said Fascinating and educational!. Montana still operates several one-room school houses which educate children K-8. One-room school houses are an American heritage and should be preserved.. jere lee gunderson said GREAT BOOK. We really like to look through the schools historiies we know and those we don't. We received it as a gift.. Gift for my sister who was thrilled with the book Gift for my sister who was thrilled with the book. She attended a one room school & hs s fond memories.
Charlotte, Jeffrey and their dog, Phoebe, divide their time between their ranch outside Clyde Park, Montana, and their home in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina. She went on to receive Master's Degrees in Environmental Studies and Special Education from other New England universities. Raised on Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Charlotte Caldwell graduated with a BA from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1974. The first book of her photogra
It is a story of the Western spirit and of a culture marked by tenacity and endurance. The preservation of one-room schoolhouses is important, as they are among Montana's first frontier structures. Their voices share memories and perspectives about a way of life, gone for the most part, and breathe life into these visions of rural heritage. The story of Montana's one-room schoolhouses, as recollected and recounted by those most intimately connected to those places, is the story of the American frontier and the high value placed on education by those who came to homestead, mine, or work the railroads. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of this book will be donated to the Preserve Montana Fu