The Teacher Was the Sea; The Story of Pacific High School

New York: Links, (1972). "First printing" (stated). Small quarto in beige-yellow stiff paper wraps illus in b&w; xvii, 285 pages, illustrations 23 cm Mild wear, sunning & soiling to wraps; else very tight and clean within. Overall very good(+) to near fine(-). Please see photos. Paperback. ISBN: 0825630037

Uncommon. Excellent and numerous b&w photograps throughout. Pacific High School, active from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was an experiment in alternative education, blending countercultural ideals with ecological self-reliance. Situated on forested land above Ben Lomond, the school eschewed traditional classrooms for geodesic domes, gardens, and communal building projects. Students studied tai chi, survival skills, art, and activism, sometimes under the guidance of visiting Black Panthers or local experimental musicians. Rooted in Quaker values but shaped by the era’s anti-establishment ethos, Pacific High became a living laboratory for self-directed learning and sustainable living before it quietly dissolved, leaving behind a legacy of idealistic inquiry and back-to-the-land innovation.