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Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia / Earl J. Hess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hess, Earl J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Appalachian Region--History.
- Education, Higher.
- Lincoln Memorial University--History.
- Lincoln Memorial University.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Lincoln Memorial University & the shaping of Appalachia
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendants of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. A Larger Enterprise; Chapter 2. A Monument to Abraham Lincoln; Chapter 3. Young Lincolns; Chapter 4. Stooksbury's School; Chapter 5. Howard's Monument; Chapter 6. Modernization; Chapter 7. Strike; Chapter 8. Crisis and Survival; Chapter 9. A New Day for Lincoln Memorial; Chapter 10. The Lincoln Stamp; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613239341
- 9781283239349
- 1283239345
- 9781572338036
- 1572338032
- OCLC:
- 726734872
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