TY - BOOK AU - Peck,Richard TI - The teacher's funeral: a comedy in three parts SN - 0803727364 AV - PZ7.P338 Te 2004 U1 - [Fic] 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Dial Books KW - Education KW - Fiction KW - Teachers KW - Country life KW - Humorous stories KW - Indiana KW - History KW - 20th century N2 - In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dream of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew is disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies." UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004004361-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2004004361-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1315/2004004361-b.html ER -