John Holt, 62, a teacher whose book ”How Children Fail” sparked a national debate in the 1960s on the quality of the nation`s schools, has died of cancer in his home here. Mr. Holt, who died ...

The book revolution had to start somewhere, so why not in the artsy Western town of Livingston, Mont. And there had to be someone to lead the book revolution, so why not gonzo Western writer John ...