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Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue
Robert C. Kriebel
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Description for Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue
Paperback. A biography of noted Indiana businessman John Purdue, whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's greatest land-grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. The book incorporates research efforts by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspapers and official documents. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
The Midas of the Wabash is a biography of noted businessman John Purdue (1802-1876), whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's land grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. Purdue also contributed to economically important bridge, railroad, and cemetery construction, the existence of Lafayette Savings Bank and the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, cattle farming, Lafayette's public school system, and countless other worthy enterprises. This is the first published full length study of Mr. Purdue's life and work beyond casual street-talk that portrayed Purdue as a difficult individual with whom to work. This biography incorporates research efforts ... Read more
The Midas of the Wabash is a biography of noted businessman John Purdue (1802-1876), whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's land grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. Purdue also contributed to economically important bridge, railroad, and cemetery construction, the existence of Lafayette Savings Bank and the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, cattle farming, Lafayette's public school system, and countless other worthy enterprises. This is the first published full length study of Mr. Purdue's life and work beyond casual street-talk that portrayed Purdue as a difficult individual with whom to work. This biography incorporates research efforts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557532879
SKU
V9781557532879
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About Robert C. Kriebel
Robert C. Kriebel is retired editor of the Lafayette Journal and Courier where he was employed 40 years in a variety of writing, editing, and executive positions. He continues in retirement to contribute a Sunday column about local history launched in 1977. Kriebel is the author of four books of Indiana biography and of one about the life and work ... Read more
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