Iron Lake Burning (HC)
Hardcover (2nd Edition)
“They are bringing baseball bats,” said the anonymous voice on the phone. “They are extremely angry with your teachers,”
My teachers? thought Tom Harant. “My teachers?” he said to the gruff voice on the phone. This was the third caller, insisting they talk to the school superintendent, insisting it was an emergency. There was no response to Tom’s query; Mr. Gruff Voice hung up.
“When there is a problem, it is my problem,” said Tom out loud. He was facing a serious decision. Should he alert the county sheriff that angry parents are likely to come into Iron Lake armed for a confrontation with the striking teachers? Should he advise the Board Chairman, knowing the man would waffle with indecision?
It was a Friday in December. The evening’s basketball game between Iron Lake and Cherry Grove would make Minnesota history. It would be the first game held during a teacher strike with replacement coaches on the sidelines for Iron Lake. The game would be the first where student athletes crossed a picket line. Iron Lake Schools was already the first to replace its entire teaching staff during a strike.
Iron Lake Burning is the story of one man’s struggle to understand the power and prejudice that leads to personal tragedy during the enflamed passions of a teacher strike in a small farming town.
Hardcover (2nd Edition)
“They are bringing baseball bats,” said the anonymous voice on the phone. “They are extremely angry with your teachers,”
My teachers? thought Tom Harant. “My teachers?” he said to the gruff voice on the phone. This was the third caller, insisting they talk to the school superintendent, insisting it was an emergency. There was no response to Tom’s query; Mr. Gruff Voice hung up.
“When there is a problem, it is my problem,” said Tom out loud. He was facing a serious decision. Should he alert the county sheriff that angry parents are likely to come into Iron Lake armed for a confrontation with the striking teachers? Should he advise the Board Chairman, knowing the man would waffle with indecision?
It was a Friday in December. The evening’s basketball game between Iron Lake and Cherry Grove would make Minnesota history. It would be the first game held during a teacher strike with replacement coaches on the sidelines for Iron Lake. The game would be the first where student athletes crossed a picket line. Iron Lake Schools was already the first to replace its entire teaching staff during a strike.
Iron Lake Burning is the story of one man’s struggle to understand the power and prejudice that leads to personal tragedy during the enflamed passions of a teacher strike in a small farming town.
Hardcover (2nd Edition)
“They are bringing baseball bats,” said the anonymous voice on the phone. “They are extremely angry with your teachers,”
My teachers? thought Tom Harant. “My teachers?” he said to the gruff voice on the phone. This was the third caller, insisting they talk to the school superintendent, insisting it was an emergency. There was no response to Tom’s query; Mr. Gruff Voice hung up.
“When there is a problem, it is my problem,” said Tom out loud. He was facing a serious decision. Should he alert the county sheriff that angry parents are likely to come into Iron Lake armed for a confrontation with the striking teachers? Should he advise the Board Chairman, knowing the man would waffle with indecision?
It was a Friday in December. The evening’s basketball game between Iron Lake and Cherry Grove would make Minnesota history. It would be the first game held during a teacher strike with replacement coaches on the sidelines for Iron Lake. The game would be the first where student athletes crossed a picket line. Iron Lake Schools was already the first to replace its entire teaching staff during a strike.
Iron Lake Burning is the story of one man’s struggle to understand the power and prejudice that leads to personal tragedy during the enflamed passions of a teacher strike in a small farming town.
Details: First Edition published 2003. Second Edition published 2011 by Red Lead Publishing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Pages: 274. (Second Edition 220 pages). Both Editions are identical.,
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