NINE MONTHS IS A YEAR AT BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL. by Bourne,…

NINE MONTHS IS A YEAR AT BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL. by Bourne, Eulalia "Sister" (1892-1984) < >

NINE MONTHS IS A YEAR AT BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL.

Edition: First printing.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1968). Hardcover first edition - The author's second book, an account of teaching in the 1930s in a one-room school on the Poso Nuevo Ranch, a remote cattle ranch in southern Arizona, 50 miles (a two hour drive) from her own ranch and close to the Mexican border - a school maintained by the county and state to educate the children of vaqueros. Bourne had some radical ideas for the time, including rejecting the idea of only speaking English in the classroom, even though it was the state law then. Among other things, she created 'The Little Cowpuncher', a mimeographed newspaper, written and illustrated by her students (some excerpts are included in this book). Illustrated with a map, drawings and photographs. A title in The Southwest Chronicle Series. 270 pp.

Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slight spine slant, previous owner's name in pencil)

Book ID: 90191
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