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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Elsie - Adventuresof an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

Elsie - Adventuresof an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916

Waite, Barbara Anne

Paperback

Biographies GeneralRegional: SouthwestWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0983945209
ISBN13: 9780983945208
Publisher: Palomar Mountain Bookworks
Published: Oct 21 2011
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
IN 1912, the first year of Arizona's statehood, rural Verde Valley was home to enterprising ranchers and farmers who raised cattle, crops ─ and children. These children needed a school. So just as they mail-ordered supplies from the Sears catalog, the community mail-ordered a teacher. ELSIE HAYES, a college graduate, came from a world of concerts and literary clubs. The teacher's tiny shack in Cornville was a far cry from her family's lovely home in Long Beach, California. This cultured young woman drank water from an irrigation ditch, bathed in Oak Creek, and taught in a one-room schoolhouse to children first considered common, but with whom she soon developed a mutual love. Though she had come to Arizona feeling a bit superior to these backwoods folks, her emotions transformed into admiration and respect, and the untamed wilderness became breathtaking and glorious. IN THIS TRUE STORY, Elsie's 100-year-old journals, photographs and detailed letters home paint a picture of a time and place that has since faded, and give insight into the early history of Cornville and Williams, Arizona. Even more than this, they are a vivid portrayal of colorful adventure, tragedy, and a heartbreaking story of lost love.

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