LEADER 02844nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910962074403321 005 20240516113004.0 010 $a9781587299612 010 $a1587299615 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092147 035 $a(EBL)843305 035 $a(OCoLC)727367264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000523552 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11349604 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523552 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10542748 035 $a(PQKB)11645998 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3002 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10467781 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843305 035 $a(Perlego)2958354 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092147 100 $a20101018d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn Iowa schoolma'am $eletters of Elizabeth "Bess" Corey, 1904-1908 /$fedited by Philip L. Gerber and Charlotte M. Wright ; foreword by Paul Theobald 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 1 $aA bur oak book 300 $a"A Bur Oak book." 311 08$a9781587299605 311 08$a1587299607 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEditor'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. 330 $aReaders everywhere fell for Elizabeth Corey, the irrepressible, independent, and fearless Bachelor Bess, whose letters home to Iowa gave us a firsthand account of her adventures on a South Dakota homestead from 1909 to 1919. Now, through the letters she wrote home between 1904 and 1908, readers can make the acquaintance of a younger Bess facing the realities of life in an Iowa country school system with energy, enthusiasm, and ambition. Sixteen-year-old Bess wrote her early letters when she was away from the family farm, trying to complete the ninth 410 0$aBur oak book. 606 $aTeachers$zIowa$vCorrespondence 606 $aRural schools$zIowa 615 0$aTeachers 615 0$aRural schools 676 $a371.10092 676 $aB 700 $aCorey$b Elizabeth$01807205 701 $aGerber$b Philip L$01807206 701 $aWright$b Charlotte M$0948560 701 $aTheobald$b Paul$01807207 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962074403321 996 $aAn Iowa schoolma'am$94356805 997 $aUNINA