Ghost Schools of the Big BendAlbert Tucker's detailed study of education on the West Texas frontier covers a 60 year period of history from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. His subject is the schools in particularschools founded in pioneer country and long ago abandoned or displaced. These "ghost schools"a coinage of the author that builds on the notion of "ghost towns"are little more than bare ruins today. Professor Tucker brings them back to life and