02790nam 2200625 a 450 991046145970332120200520144314.01-58729-961-5(CKB)2670000000092147(EBL)843305(OCoLC)727367264(SSID)ssj0000523552(PQKBManifestationID)11349604(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523552(PQKBWorkID)10542748(PQKB)11645998(MiAaPQ)EBC843305(MdBmJHUP)muse3002(Au-PeEL)EBL843305(CaPaEBR)ebr10467781(EXLCZ)99267000000009214720101018d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn Iowa schoolma'am[electronic resource] letters of Elizabeth "Bess" Corey, 1904-1908 /edited by Philip L. Gerber and Charlotte M. Wright ; foreword by Paul TheobaldIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20111 online resource (226 p.)A bur oak book"A Bur Oak book."1-58729-960-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Editor's note / by Charlotte M. Wright -- Letters from Corey Farm, October 1904 -- Letters from Walnut, November 1904 to February 1905 -- Letters from Harlan, June 1905 to August 1905 -- Letters from Tennant, September 1905 to June 1906 -- Letters from Harlan, June 1906 to July 1906 -- Letters from Irwin, January 1908 to June 1908 -- Letters from Corey Farm and Harlan, July 1908 to August 1908.Readers everywhere fell for Elizabeth Corey, the irrepressible, independent, and fearless Bachelor Bess, whose letters home to Iowa gave us a firsthand account of her adventures on a South Dakota homestead from 1909 to 1919. Now, through the letters she wrote home between 1904 and 1908, readers can make the acquaintance of a younger Bess facing the realities of life in an Iowa country school system with energy, enthusiasm, and ambition. Sixteen-year-old Bess wrote her early letters when she was away from the family farm, trying to complete the ninthBur oak book.TeachersIowaCorrespondenceRural schoolsIowaElectronic books.TeachersRural schools371.10092BCorey Elizabeth948558Gerber Philip L948559Wright Charlotte M948560Theobald Paul948561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461459703321An Iowa schoolma'am2144160UNINA