Yankee on the Prairie: Howard R. Barnard, Pioneer Educator
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0897451848 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 199 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Book by Miller, Allan R.
"Wonderful Accounts of Barnard and Western Kansas!" according to E. Jones. This book is a wonderful account of the life and times of Howard Barnard, as well as the life of an educator on the prairie. It encompasses the life's work of Barnard and his trials tribulations in a new land. The book is written with zest and demonstrates Miller's love for education, history and western Kansas.. An Impressive Biography of a Distinguished Midwestern Educator Allan R. Miller's "Yankee on the Prairie" represents the overlooked history of educational development on the prairie. Most Introduction to Education textbooks cover Northeastern states' fine educators who brought to fruition the democratic principle of free education for all children. However, few textbooks deal in more than perfunctory detail with the accomplishments of mid-western educators whose struggles were no less dramatic.During the author's career at Fort Hays State University in Kansas, his students shared stories in class that were handed down in their families about an eccentric prairie educator. TC NM said Pioneer Educator. Allan R. Miller has given a gift to Kansans and historians in resurrecting the story of "Yankee on the Prairie" Howard R. Barnard from the dust of past obscurity. In his scholarly research laid out in readable prose, Miller ably recounts the life of a man who saw education as the way out of ignorance and poverty in his early dedication to the one-room schoolhouse and the students and teachers who would thrive there. Along the way, Miller teaches us that history is not played out in a vacuum, and has laced the book with figures who range from Boss Tweed to William Jennings Bryant. For lovers of history and th