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Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943 »
Authors: John D. Wirth, Linda Harvey Aldrich
ISBN-13: 9780826328830, ISBN-10: 0826328830
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: John D. Wirth
The late John D. Wirth was a Latin America scholar and professor emeritus of history at Stanford University. He made his home in Santa Fe.
Linda Harvey Aldrich is a long-time resident of Los Alamos and former archivist at the Los Alamos Historical Museum.
Book Synopsis
Wirth and Aldrich examine the Los Alamos Ranch School, an elite prep school for boys, ages twelve to eighteen. In existence between the two World Wars, the school's curriculum combined a robust outdoor life with a rigorous academic program mirroring the Progressive Era's quest for perfection.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Pt. I | The Los Alamos Ranch School | |
| Prologue: Pathways to Pajarito | 3 | |
| 1 | A School with Nature as a Textbook: Beginnings | 11 |
| 2 | Everything for a Reason: The Los Alamos Program | 35 |
| 3 | Everyone Must Do His Part: The School Community | 69 |
| 4 | An Inspired Partnership: The Leadership | 99 |
| 5 | We Ride! We Ride!: The Los Alamos Summer Camp | 127 |
| 6 | A War Casualty: The Closing of Los Alamos | 155 |
| Pt. II | Families at Los Alamos Ranch | |
| 7 | Los Ricachones: Hispanic Families at Los Alamos | 173 |
| 8 | It was a Good Time and Place to Be a Boy | 198 |
| 9 | Remembering the Ranch | 222 |
| 10 | Conclusion: A Sense of Place | 250 |
| App | Salute to Hitchcock | 259 |
| App | Los Alamos Ranch School Song | 260 |
| App | Horses in the Ranch School Inventory, 1942 | 261 |
| App | Biographies of the Los Alamos Masters | 263 |
| Notes | 271 | |
| Selected Bibliography | 295 | |
| Index | 301 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Educational Theory, Research & History Education - History
History American History United States History - 20th Century - General & Miscellaneous
Nonfiction History American History
Educational Theory, Research & History Education - HistoryHistory
American History United States History - 20th Century - General & MiscellaneousNonfiction
History American History