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Nothing daunted the unexpected education of two society girls in the West

"A captivating book about Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, who left her affluent East Coast life to "rough it" as a teacher in Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.

Main Author: Wickenden, Dorothy.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Scribner, 2011.
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Woodruff, Dorothy.
Underwood, Rosamond.
Teachers > Biography.
Education > Colorado > History > 20th century.
Summary: "A captivating book about Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, who left her affluent East Coast life to "rough it" as a teacher in Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.
"A captivating full-length book derived from a widely read and much beloved New Yorker piece about Wickenden's grandmother and her grandmother's best friend who left their affluent East Coast lives to "rough it" as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description: xiv, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1439176582 (hardback)
9781439176580 (hardback)
1439176590 (paperback)
9781439176597 (paperback)
1439176604 (ebook)
9781439176603 (ebook)
Author Notes: Dorothy Wickenden is the author of Nothing Daunted and The Agitators and has been the executive editor of The New Yorker since January 1996. She also writes for the magazine and is the moderator of its weekly podcast The Political Scene . A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, Wickenden was national affairs editor at Newsweek from 1993-1995, and before that was the longtime executive editor at The New Republic. She lives with her husband in Westchester, New York.

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