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9781891620669

Battle Rock: The Struggle Over a One-Room School in America's Vanishing West

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    9781891620669

  • ISBN10:

    1891620665

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-10-01
  • Publisher: Public Affairs
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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.

Author Biography

William Celis is an assistant professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Forewordp. xiii
Battle Rockp. 3
No Ordinary Schoolp. 14
Country Boysp. 27
A Fitful Transitionp. 40
Coming Homep. 54
"This Hasn't Been Easy"p. 65
The Boat Racesp. 76
The Cloakroomp. 83
"The Friendliest Town in the West"p. 91
Getting Alongp. 101
A Battle Rock Christmasp. 109
A Canyon Winterp. 121
Audreyp. 132
Faith, and a Miraclep. 145
Living on the Edgep. 154
"How Well Are We Doing?"p. 163
Innocence Lostp. 170
"It's Good to Make Your Own Way"p. 180
The Vanishing Westp. 193
Final Daysp. 205
Afterwordp. 211
Selected Bibliographyp. 219
Indexp. 223
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