Susie Powers Tompkins - Cotton-patch schoolhouse

Cotton-patch schoolhouse — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Cotton-patch schoolhouse" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...50

---

title	:	Cotton-patch Schoolhouse
author	:	Tompkins, Susie Powers.
publisher	:	University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0817305637
print isbn13	:	9780817305635
ebook isbn13	:	9780585215327
language	:	English
subject	Tompkins, Susie Powers,--1907- , Teachers--Alabama--Marengo County--Biography, Education, Rural--Alabama--Marengo County--History, Marengo County (Ala.)--History.
publication date	:	1992
lcc	:	LA2317.T66A3 1992eb
ddc	:	370.19/346/09761392
subject	:	Tompkins, Susie Powers,--1907- , Teachers--Alabama--Marengo County--Biography, Education, Rural--Alabama--Marengo County--History, Marengo County (Ala.)--History.

Page iii Cotton-Patch Schoolhouse Susie Powers Tompkins With Illustrations by the Author THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS Tuscaloosa and London

Page iv Copyright 1992 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America DesignedbyPaulaDennis The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tompkins, Susie Powers, 1907 Cotton-patch schoolhouse / Susie Powers Tompkins. p. cm. ISBN 0-8173-0563-7 1. Tompkins, Susie Powers, 1907 . 2. TeachersAlabama Marengo CountyBiography. 3. Education, RuralAlabamaMarengo CountyHistory. 4. Marengo County (Ala.)History. I. Title. LA2317.T66A3 1991 370.19'346'09761392dc20 91-23331 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available

Page v Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 A Familiar Road Brings Back Memories 1 2 My First Horse 9 3 My First Love Affair 14 4 I Go to College 21 5 I Meet the Children and Reverend Milford 27 6 A Glimpse of Home 39 7 My First Full Day of Teaching and Miss Bunker 44 8 We Have a Pet 56 9 Our Nature Walk 61 10 Minnie's Love Affair 67 11 A Day on Egypt 74 12 Minnie Runs Away 92 13 The Thanksgiving Party 100 14 Home for the Holidays 110 15 The Christmas Party 120 16 Christmas at Home 128 17 The Runaway 140 18 Out of Fuel in a Snowstorm 149

Page vi 19 We Learn about Birds and Other Wildlife 163 20 The Magic of Spring 172 21 Miss Bunker Cheers Me Up 180 22 We Go to Camp Meeting 186 23 Planning the Last Two Weeks of School 197 24 The State Supervisor Visits My School 204 25 The School Turnout 208 Epilogue 213

Page vii Acknowledgments I wish to express special thanks to the following: Frances Summersell, a very close friend, who edited and advised me on this book; Bill Tompkins, my late husband, who encouraged me and took me back to see the little schoolhouse so I could photograph it; Edward E. Morgan, mutual friend, who gave advice and help; Margaret Searcy, author and teacher, who offered her expert advice; Lyda Black, instructor at Shelton State Community College, who typed, edited, revised, and offered professional advice; To my two children, who showed interest, help, and encouragement while this book was being written; and last, but not least, to Members of The University of Alabama Press, especially to Malcolm MacDonald and Zig Zeigler, for their patience, advice, and interest.

Next page

1234567...50

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Cotton-patch schoolhouse»

Look at similar books to Cotton-patch schoolhouse. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Christopher M. Span

From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse: African American Education in Mississippi, 1862-1875

Charlie Reisinger

The Open Schoolhouse: Building a Technology Program to Transform Learning and Empower Students

Eric Sloane

The Little Red Schoolhouse

Jack Schneider

A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

Susan Apps-Bodilly

One room schools: stories from the days of 1 room, 1 teacher, 8 grades

Monville Marie

One light still shines: my life beyond the shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse shooting

Derek W. Black

Schoolhouse Burning

John Cotton Dana

A Library Primer by John Cotton Dana

Harriet E. Amos(Doss)

Cotton City

Brooks Blevins

Cattle in the cotton fields: a history of cattle raising in Alabama

Daniel S. Dupre

Transforming the Cotton Frontier: Madison County, Alabama 1800-1840

Ben B. Carson

Renewal at the Schoolhouse: : Management Ideas for Library Media Specialists and Administrators

Discussion, reviews of the book Cotton-patch schoolhouse and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.