- Yamacraw Elementary School, African Americans, Education (Elementary), Elementary Education
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Pat Conroy
- First published
- January 1992
- Pages
- 306
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Dial Press Trade Paperback, Old New York Book Shop Press
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780937036037
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First sentence
“The southern school superintendent is a kind of remote deity who breathes the purer air of Mount Parnassus.”
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