This is a lively account of one of the most important and overlooked
themes in American education. Beginning in the colonial period and
working to the present, Gaither describes in rich detail how the home
has been used as the base for education of all kinds. The last five
chapters focus especially on the modern homeschooling movement and offer
the most comprehensive and authoritative account of it ever written.
Readers will learn how and why homeschooling emerged when it did, where
it has been, and where it may be going. Please visit Gaither's blog
here: http: //gaither.wordpress.com/homeschool-an-american-history