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A second home [electronic resource] : Missouri's early schools / Sue Thomas.

Thomas, Sue, 1932-
2006
LA316 .T46 2006eb
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Title
A second home [electronic resource] : Missouri's early schools / Sue Thomas.
Author
Thomas, Sue, 1932-
ISBN
0826216692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780826216694
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Language
English
Description
xii, 142 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Call Number
LA316 .T46 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
370/.977809
Summary
"History of early schools in Missouri, including accounts of teaching materials and methods and schoolday activities. Describes schools in frontier settlements such as Ste. Genevieve. Discusses the beginnings of public education in the 1850s and the contributions of John Berry Meachum, James Milton Turner, and other African American leaders"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Missouri heritage readers.
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