Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943
- ISBN-10
- 0826328830
- ISBN-13
- 9780826328830
- Series
- Los Alamos
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- UNM Press
- Author
- John D. Wirth
Description
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 schoolas curriculum combined a robust outdoor life with a rigorous academic program mirroring the Progressive Era's quest for perfection.
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