Isbn: 9781891620669 - battle rock: a year in the life of a one room school (14 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. 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. . In the 1990s, rural America increased in population three times faster than it did in the 1980s, as people left cities searching for a slower pace, new opportunities, and better schools. Battle Rock is the examination of one such rural community tucked into McElmo Canyon in the remote southwest corner of Colorado. From 1999-2000, Bill Celis lived in the community and attended Battle Rock school, which sits in the middle of the canyon, providing both a real and figurative divider between the longtime farmers and ranchers from the newer urban expatriates. As Celis warmly describes the daily lives of the canyon residents, the children, and their teacher, he carefully paints the portrait of a community under pressure resulting from conflicting viewpoints, goals and values. Along the way, he encounters bull snakes and loaded revolvers, Anasazi ruins and majestic vistas, poverty, stubbornness, ghosts, a cattle drive, and the daily struggles on the playground and in school board meetings. In Battle Rock, Celis puts to rest the common misperception that smaller communities offer simpler lives.…

Condición: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Like New. First Edition. Like new hard cover edition with like new dust jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. Remainder mark on top edges. Otherwise, no markings. 233 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. REMAINDER MARK ON BOTTOM EDGE OF THE TEXT BLOCK; OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. First Edition. Crisp and tight with light soiling and shelf wear only having been gently previously read. A terrific copy! ; 0.98 x 9.48 x 6.42 Inches; 256 pages.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. This work is the result of the author's year attending a one-room school. It describes the conflict between the rural and the urban, the newcomers and the old-timers, the Sunbelt and the Old West. A bibliography and an index are included. This copy is clean and solid.…

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Dust Jacket Included. Hardback w/ jacket; unmarked; no bent/torn pp.; jacket fine.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. Gift Condition.Clean Tight And Square. No Markings But Small Remainder Dot. Not Price Clipped With Little Wear To Jacket Edges.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. First Edition. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine octavo hardcover in a like dj. Mark free first edition with full number line. 8bo. 233pp. Index. Colorado west.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.