An Iowa schoolma'am : letters of Elizabeth "Bess" Corey, 1904-1908 / / edited by Philip L. Gerber and Charlotte M. Wright ; foreword by Paul Theobald

• Autore: Corey Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.10092; B
• Soggetto topico: Teachers - Iowa; Rural schools - Iowa
• Altri autori: GerberPhilip L WrightCharlotte M TheobaldPaul
• Note generali: "A Bur Oak book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 ninth
• Titolo autorizzato: An Iowa schoolma'am
• ISBN: 1-58729-961-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817685403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bur oak book.