Ghosts in the Sunken Garden: The Founding and Early Years of Emporia State University (Paperback) by Mary K Zimmerman, Ellen Hansen, Ryann Brooks

9781942005469. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 266. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 266 p. Ghosts in the Sunken Garden This book offers a meticulously researched examination of how settler communities and their leaders worked to establish higher education on the frontier of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. It focuses on the unfolding drama and struggles associated with the creation and early development of the first "normal school" in Kansas, an institution-now Emporia State University--originally charged with training teachers for the newly developing state.