The Old Country School: The Story of Rural Education in the Middle West.
Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1982, 1st printing; white cloth boards, tan endpapers, in white jacket with school picture of children and teachers outside a country school (some boys in the trees) 6x9.25 inches; 9 + 302 pp including index. Reference education, hardback.
A fascinating, often surprising, account of how little country schools were actually built, financed, supervised, and run. Thoroughly researched.
CONDITION: Very Good Plus in Very Good jacket; no names, white cloth boards extremely clean, bottom corners bumped, in jacket with some edgewear, especially across top, and a 1.5" tear on back flap crease; unclipped, no price. Item #18843
Price: $12.00