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Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas
by Goldie Piper Daniels
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
~~FLAT SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR ON 2ND FFEP VERSO~~
Baldwin City, KS: Telegraphics (1st Edition, 1975). Hardcover with gold cloth boards, black titles,193 pages. Dust jacket is lightly scuffed, with minor chipping at head of spine. Book itself is in beautiful condition: clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding.
ABOUT THE BOOK: An invaluable book that preserves some of the history and memories of an earlier era of education and way of life in our country. Each school discussed has a line drawing of the schoolhouse and typically 2 - 3 pages of history on each one. 83 separate schools are covered in 193 pages. Sketches by the author.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Goldenbelle "Goldie" Piper Daniels was born in 1890 on a farm on the old California Road in Douglas County, Kansas, where her parents settled in 1885. She attended a one-room Douglas County rural school and lived in Douglas County her entire life. She began work on this book at age 78 and completed it in 1975. She died in 1980.
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- Bookseller
- heytotobooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01222402WAT10
- Title
- Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas
- Author
- Goldie Piper Daniels
- Illustrator
- Goldie Piper Daniels
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Telegraphics
- Place of Publication
- Baldwin City, KS
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- 193
- Size
- 10 x 7.5 x 1 inches
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Douglas County, Kansas, Rural Schools, One-Room Schools
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books; Kansas - Local History; History; Vintage; Kansas; Art and Photography;
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