This book tells the rich story of The Children's Country School, now known as Hillbrook School. As a boarding school, TCCS triumphed progressive ideals amidst a Great Depression and Second World War. From 1935-1947, this country school located in the "Valley of Hearts Delight" (modern-day Silicon Valley) produced a world-renown Pied Piper's Call summer camp and audacious Village of Friendly Relations built by children and for children. You will see this eclectic school through the eyes of its philosophical leader, Mary Orem, by way of personal letters and theoretical writings. You will vicariously walk in the shoes of these boarding school students as they 'learn by doing' through personal interviews and hundreds of black and white photographs. An engaging story set in uncertain times of struggle, survival, and triumph. Paul DiMarco is currently a teacher at Hillbrook School in Los Gatos, CA. He is a documentary filmmaker and member of the California Historical Society. For 10...

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