On the Banks of Holliday Creek

After a tragic accident the Wrights find a new beginning moving
from the city with all its conveniences to a forty acre farm on the
banks of Holliday Creek. Told from the perspective of their nineyear-
old son David, the Wrights meet the neighboring Jones family.
Dick Wright is a rising star in the Fort Dodge public school system.
Old Jim Jones introduces himself as a flunky who works for United
States Gypsum. The two families send their children to Holliday
Creek School two miles away. The one-room school thrives under
the leadership of Miss Jordison, the teacher you always wished you
had. Each One Teach One is her process as recalled by the author,
David Wright, himself a published educator. Vivid family contrasts
are woven into this narrative that shows America in the Truman
Era witnessing the advent of electricity, the telephone, and the
Baby Boom generation. This book depicts Progressive Republicans
confronting forces of social change, Big Government, and Reaction.
Underlying this story are the ideals of personal liberty and the
challenges of living close to nature.