Martha B Hoyle (12 results)

Condition: Fine. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Atheneum, NY. This history of WWII is a concise account and narrative of action. Hoyle dwells on what happened more than on why it happened, more of a military history with the political actions in the background. Very good copy of the stated first edition in a good+ dust jacket. The dust jacket has a little browning of the top of the back cover and a slight sun fading of the jacket's spine. 356 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Memories of a Georgia Teacher chronicles the personal and professional life of a principled, resourceful, and deeply religious woman whose career began at a time when state support for primary education was all but nonexistent. Martha Mizell started teaching in 1913 in a one-room, one-teacher school near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia. At the time she was barely fifteen, and her formal schooling amounted to seven years.While Puckett offers a valuable perspective on schooling in the twentieth-century rural South, she also captures the essence of daily life in the communities in which she taught. We read of how she sometimes boarded with parents of her pupils, of how teachers, students, and parents joined together in observance of holidays, of the rituals of school openings and closings, and of how schooling managed to continue through the busy growing seasons. Personal details of Puckett's life also emerge, from her relationship with her parents to life at home with her husband and their eight children.Martha Mizell Puckett's career paralleled the transformation of small, informal community school systems into consolidated, government supported, bureaucratic structures. Through Puckett's eyes our own are openedto hard times, certainly, but also to a time of notable closeness and involvement between schools and their communities. Chronicles the personal and professional life of a principled, resourceful, and deeply religious woman whose career began in a one-room schoolhouse in 1913. Puckett's career paralleled the transformation of small, informal community school systems into consolidated, government supported, bureaucratic structures. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. This biography chronicles the personal and professional life of a principled, resourceful and deeply religious woman. Puckett offers a valuable perspective on schooling in the 20th century rural South, as well as capturing the essence of daily life in the communities. Series: Southern Voices from the Past: Women's Letters, Diaries & Writings S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; BGA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608. . 2002. Hardcover. . . . . …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 328 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. This biography chronicles the personal and professional life of a principled, resourceful and deeply religious woman. Puckett offers a valuable perspective on schooling in the 20th century rural South, as well as capturing the essence of daily life in the communities. Series: Southern Voices from the Past: Women's Letters, Diaries & Writings S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; BGA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608. . 2002. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: New. pp. xv + 297.

Condition: New. pp. xv + 297 Illus.

Gebunden. Condition: New. This biography chronicles the personal and professional life of a principled, resourceful and deeply religious woman. Puckett offers a valuable perspective on schooling in the 20th century rural South, as well as capturing the essence of daily life in the c.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Memories of a Georgia Teacher chronicles the personal and professional life of a principled, resourceful, and deeply religious woman whose career began at a time when state support for primary education was all but nonexistent. Martha Mizell started teaching in 1913 in a one-room, one-teacher school near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia. At the time she was barely fifteen, and her formal schooling amounted to seven years. While Puckett offers a valuable perspective on schooling in the twentieth-century rural South, she also captures the essence of daily life in the communities in which she taught. We read of how she sometimes boarded with parents of her pupils, of how teachers, students, and parents joined together in observance of holidays, of the rituals of school openings and closings, and of how schooling managed to continue through the busy growing seasons. Personal details of Puckett's life also emerge, from her relationship with her parents to life at home with her husband and their eight children. Martha Mizell Puckett's career paralleled the transformation of small, informal community school systems into consolidated, government supported, bureaucratic structures. Through Puckett's eyes our own are opened--to hard times, certainly, but also to a time of notable closeness and involvement between schools and their communities.…