Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943 by Wirth, John D.
Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943 by Wirth, John D.

Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943

Twenty-five years before the Manhattan Project created the town of Los Alamos, the Pajarito Plateau was home...
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Author: John D. Wirth
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Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943 by Wirth, John D.

Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943

$117.32
Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943 by Wirth, John D.

Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943

$117.32
Author: John D. Wirth
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Twenty-five years before the Manhattan Project created the town of Los Alamos, the Pajarito Plateau was home to an elite prep school for boys, ages twelve to eighteen. The Los Alamos Ranch School combined a robust outdoor life and a carefully cultivated wilderness experience with a rigorous academic program and the structured discipline of a Boy Scout troop, perfectly mirroring the Progressive Era's quest for perfection.

John Wirth's father, Cecil, taught at the school and directed its summer camp. John spent his early childhood at the school along with his brother Tim, later a U.S. Senator from Colorado. Drawing on oral accounts, memoirs, and archival documents, as well as John's firsthand knowledge and family lore, the authors situate the school within the educational trends of the day and New Mexico's cultural milieu.

Wirth and Aldrich examine the influence of the school's controversial director, Albert J. Connell, who was roundly disliked by two of the best-known students, Gore Vidal and William S. Burroughs. Many other students reported their time at the school to be a profoundly positive, often life-changing, experience. Additional chapters recount the growing-up experiences of ranch workers' children and the role the school played in their lives and those of area residents.



Author: John D. Wirth, Linda Harvey Aldrich
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 08/16/2010
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780826328847

About the Author
Wirth, John D.: - 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.Aldrich, Linda Harvey: - Linda Harvey Aldrich is a long-time resident of Los Alamos and former archivist at the Los Alamos Historical Museum.
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