The Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Purdue University PressISBN-13:9781557532879ISBN-10:1557532877UPC:9781557532879Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Business, HistoricalSize:9.16 x 6.02 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCMZT6JE2Q
The Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue
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,...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Purdue University PressISBN-13:9781557532879ISBN-10:1557532877UPC:9781557532879Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Business, HistoricalSize:9.16 x 6.02 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCMZT6JE2Q
Robert C. Kriebel was employed 40 years in a variety of writing, editing, and executive positions at the Lafayette, Indiana Journal and Courier. He continued in retirement to contribute a Sunday column on local history, a column that ran from 1977 to 2011. Kriebel is the author of 5 books on Indiana biography, and one about the life and the work of American jazz bandleader, Woody Herman
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