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To Change the World: Reflections of a Teacher takes us into the 34-year teaching career of David Russell. Dave shares with us 30 writings from a wide variety of genres that span his career, among them poems, essays, presentations, songs, an obituary, a wedding toast, and a podcast transcript. After each he has written fresh commentary and contextualization: How did this piece come about, and what does he think now about the issues that it raises? Dave shares with us the joys and frustrations of the classroom, examines what makes for successful teaching, and recounts testimony from former students of the lasting impact he and his school, McKinley South End Academy, had on them.

Traces the life of Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh's brother and a leader of the Indian resistance movement in 1812

Biography of David Syme Russell (1916-2010), who was a British Baptist leader and ecumenical champion, who negotiated tactfully with Eastern bloc communist officials on human rights issues, and whose efforts were recognized by a CBE award from the Queen of England.

Over thirty years of interviews with the author of The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Cloudsplitter