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Education History

School Days

The One-Room Schools of Maritime Canada

by (author) George Peabody

Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
Initial publish date
Jan 1992
Category
History, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780864921420
    Publish Date
    Jan 1992
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

From the 1790s to the 1960s, the one-room school was a venerable institution in Maritime Canada. In this fully illustrated book, former teacher George Peabody examines this early form of education, bringing the facts and figures to life with dozens of photographs and anecdotes from those who studied or taught at these schools.

About the author

New Brunswick native GEORGE PEABODY is the author of School Days — A History of One-room Schoolhouses of The Maritimes, and is the editor of a collection of short stories, Best Maritime Short Stories.

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