Los Alamos: The Ranch School Years, 1917-1943

Wirth and Aldrich examine the Los Alamos Ranch School, an elite prep school for boys, ages twelve to eighteen. In existence between the two World Wars, the school’s curriculum combined a robust outdoor life with a rigorous academic program mirroring the Progressive Era’s quest for perfection.

The late John D. Wirth was a Latin America scholar and professor emeritus of history at Stanford University. He made his home in Santa Fe.

Linda Harvey Aldrich is a long-time resident of Los Alamos and former archivist at the Los Alamos Historical Museum.