Photography by Michael P. Harker
Paperback
Iowa's documentary photographer, Michael Harker, has a goal to record Iowa’s historically significant architecture before it disappears forever. His preferred subjects—artistically shot in stark but stunning black and white format—are barns, one-room schools, courthouses, rural churches, banks, and houses from rural areas and small towns. His previous book, "Harker's Barns" received rave reviews, and this book promises the same. An essay by Paul Theobold, nationally known for his expertise in rural education, complements Harker's artistic portrayal of the decay of yet another rural icon, the one-room schoolhouse, which served generations as a social and community center as well as being the hub of education.
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Photography by Michael P. Harker
Paperback
Iowa's documentary photographer, Michael Harker, has a goal to record Iowa’s historically significant architecture before it disappears forever. His preferred subjects—artistically shot in stark but stunning black and white format—are barns, one-room schools, courthouses, rural churches, banks, and houses from rural areas and small towns. His previous book, "Harker's Barns" ... ... more -
Photography by Doug Ohman and text by Jim Heynen
Hardcover
"On the flat windy prairie, The only thing not moving Was a small red schoolhouse...." So opens Schoolhouses of Minnesota, a magical foray into the nearly forgotten world of one-acre school grounds, kerosene lanterns, coal-burning stoves, and old desks that usually had more than fifty years’ worth of ... ... morePhotography by Doug Ohman and text by Jim Heynen
Hardcover
"On the flat windy prairie, The only thing not moving Was a small red schoolhouse...." So opens Schoolhouses of Minnesota, a magical foray into the nearly forgotten world of one-acre school grounds, kerosene lanterns, coal-burning stoves, and old desks that usually had more than fifty years’ worth of initials scraped into them. In the fourth book in his popular Minnesota Byways series, photographer Doug Ohman once again treats readers to the fruits of his state travels —including a trip to Minnesota’s last remaining one-room schoolhouse in Angle Inlet—with 120 color photographs that illuminate the simple, often abandoned, sometimes refurbished, and nearly vanishing Minnesota pioneer and early schoolhouses. Critically acclaimed writer Jim Heynen complements Ohman’s images with 25 beautifully crafted tales on the evolution of lunch pails, the consolidation of rural schools, profiles of both bullies and teachers’ pets, and the timeless wish of schoolchildren of all generations...school closing on “snow days”! Heynen, who learned to read and write in a one-room schoolhouse, uses his trademark wit and down-to-earth style to bring back memories of Minnesota's earlier system of education. -
by Erling Rolfsrud (North Dakota)
Paperback In a delightful homespun way Erling Rolfsrud relates his experiences as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse on the prairie of North Dakota, including teaching the beautiful 'Palmer Penmanship Method' to students whose hands were more at home with a gopher trap or pitchfork. ... moreby Erling Rolfsrud (North Dakota)
Paperback In a delightful homespun way Erling Rolfsrud relates his experiences as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse on the prairie of North Dakota, including teaching the beautiful 'Palmer Penmanship Method' to students whose hands were more at home with a gopher trap or pitchfork.