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Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Children on the Frontier 1 Chapter One. The First Schools in Upper Louisiana 7 Chapter Two. The Missouri Territory 14 Chapter Three. A New State 28 Chapter Four. The Rural Schoolhouse 40 Chapter Five. The Rural Schoolteacher 53 Chapter Six. The Scholars’ Day 67 Chapter Seven. Tools of Learning 83 Chapter Eight. The Slow Progress of Common Schools 94 Chapter Nine. Rebuilding Missouri’s School System “Without Regard to Color” 103 Chapter Ten. A Gathering Place 120 For More Reading 133 Index 137 ix Contents ...

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