Battle Rock: A Year In The Life Of A One Room School - Couverture rigide

Celis, William

 
9781891620669: Battle Rock: A Year In The Life Of A One Room School
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ISBN 10 : 1891620665 ISBN 13 : 9781891620669
Editeur : PublicAffairs, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

William Celis is an assistant profes sor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication. H e was a national education correspondent for The N ew York Times and a reporter and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Los Angeles, Cal ifornia.

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Éditeur
PublicAffairs
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1891620665
ISBN 13 
9781891620669
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
256
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