ABC's From Dugout to Astronaut
by Floyd E. Pope (AUTHOR SIGNED)
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- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
North Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1984 Mennonite Press, North, Newton, KS. 1984. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Mennonite Press never lists editions or printings. Signed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; small crease to lower front corner; slight tip bumps; old price stamped on textblock top. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent (except as noted) or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 281 pp 8vo. This is the autobiography of a teacher that covers his life as it evolves from horse and buggy to the Dust Bowl and finally a modern life in the 1980s in a town of 300,000. He was a teacher in a one-room school and describes the toil and troubles of making ends meet for school and teacher. His career in the Oklahoma schools is covered as his time in the Wichita Kansas public schools as a teacher, principal, and an administrator. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013359
- Title
- ABC's From Dugout to Astronaut
- Author
- Floyd E. Pope (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Mennonite Press
- Place of Publication
- North Newton, KS
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- teaching, one-room schools, dugout homes, horse and buggy days, school desegregation of schools, school principal, The Waymire Incident, Wichita Kansas Public Schools, Wichita City Teacher's Association, teaching career
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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