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- PublisherUniv of New Mexico Pr
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 082631659X
- ISBN 13 9780826316592
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages150
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THE PRAIRIE SCHOOLHOUSE
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University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
(1996)
ISBN 10: 082631659X
ISBN 13: 9780826316592
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Book Description Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong Quarto, 150 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial gray with off-white lettering. Mild age toning exteriorly. Boards show extremely slight wear with minor wear to the edges. Text block has previous owner's name to the front free end paper. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and architectural drawings. First Edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. 1374262. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1374262
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The Prairie Schoolhouse
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright, white pages. Book has a couple of light, small spots on front free endpaper. Book and dust jacket have minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans. Book is inscribed by author on the half title page. The prairie schoolhouse was a product of the Western Homestead Era, those years beginning in the late nineteenth century when the federally owned short grass prairies and sagebrush country were opened to farming. In beautiful, straightforward photographs, John Martin Campbell has documented what remains of the schoolhouses of that era. Once there were thousands across the prairies; now few remain, and most of them are in advanced states of disrepair. As the author notes in his informative text, the farmers who came to stake a claim on the prairies-regardless of where they came from or how much they knew about farming-all wanted their children to be educated. In regions of abundant homesteads, one-room schools were built every two to four miles, usually by the farmers themselves. They generally hired one teacher to teach grades one through eight. The drying out of the prairies, culminating in the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, drove farmers from the land and ended the Homestead Era. The prairie schoolhouses were abandoned. This affectionate but unsentimental look at a singularly American institution preserves it just in time, before it vanishes forever. The book you see in the images is the actual book we have for sale. Why pay more? When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock. Please be aware that if you request any shipping service other than Media Mail Standard Shipping, we may have to ask for more than quoted to ship this large heavy item. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 025280
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The Prairie Schoolhouse
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Univ of New Mexico Pr, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
(1996)
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ISBN 13: 9780826316592
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. OFFICEWW-This oblong coffee table hardcover is FINE in a NEAR FINE DJ that has some surface scuffing. Clean, crisp pages. grey w/yellow text 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # Sept25-06ajc4
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The Prairie Schoolhouse
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Campbell, John Martin (photos); Hooker, Van Dorn (drawings) (illustrator). First Edition. 150pp.; HB burntyellow w/silver; lt.dent,cover w/PON; clean,tight pgs. DJ photocover w/white&gray; slight rub w/wear on edges&corners. " .affectionate but unsentimental look at a singularly American institution." foreword by Tony Hillerman. 60 b/w plates. Seller Inventory # 049247
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