# The Goose-step: A Study of American Education Author: Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Genre: Category: History - American Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65492 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Goose-step%3A+A+Study+of+American+Education+Sinclair&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Once upon a time there was a little boy; a little boy unusually eager, and curious about the world he lived in. He was a nuisance to old gentlemen who wanted to read their newspaper; but young men liked to carry him on their shoulders and maul him about in romps, old ladies liked to make ginger cakes for him, and other boys liked to play “shinny” with him, and race on roller skates, and “hook” potatoes from the corner grocery and roast them in forbidden fires on vacant lots. The little boy lived in a crowded part of the city of New York, in what is called a “flat”; that is, a group of little boxes, enclosed in a large box called a “flat-house.” Every morning this little boy’s mother saw t... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XCIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/93/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/79/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/84/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER LV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/55/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/73/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/76/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/72/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/74/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/69/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/61/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/66/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/63/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/64/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/70/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/56/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/75/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/82/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/81/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/58/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/77/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/91/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/51/index.md) - [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/67/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/89/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/86/index.md) - [CHAPTER XC](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/90/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/54/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/57/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/85/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/68/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/88/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/62/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/80/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/71/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/78/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/59/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/87/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/83/index.md) - [CHAPTER LX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/60/index.md) - [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/65/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/92/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-goose-step-a-study-of-american-education-65492/chapters/1/index.md)