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Unearthing Seeds of Fire
The Idea of Highlander
Frank Adams with Myles Horton

John F. Blair, Publisher
978-0-89587-019-3
$12.95 paperback
6 x 9  
255 pages
Published in 1975
Bio/Memoir, Educational

“The story of Highlander is truly a saga; as is the life of its founder, Myles Horton. I can think of neither a place nor a man, who more represents the strength of the independent American spirit. In Highlander and in Horton is the fusion of learning and life. It’s what education is all about; or should be.”
Studs Terkel, author

“Unearthing Seeds of Fire is an exciting account of an impossible dream. A dream that has become true at Highlander that the poor and dispossessed can learn how to learn.”
Jack London, University of California, Nairobi Study Center

“. . . a history of leaders and groups who are ahead of their time, who resist prevailing trends.”
Harvard Educational Review, Editorial introduction to a pre-publication excerpt

“. . . challenges the popular view of schools as neutral institutions.”
LEARNING: The Magazine for Creative Teaching

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To learn more about the Highlander Research and Education Center, visit http://www.highlandercenter.org/a-history.asp.