Uncle My Journey with John Purdue / Irena McCammon Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, I. (Irena)

Series:

The founders series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purdue, John, 1802-1876.

Purdue University.

Purdue University--Benefactors--Biography.

Benefactors.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 248 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 2008.

Summary:

In the most comprehensive biographical study of John Purdue (c. 1802-1876) to date, Purdue's great-great-grandniece describes her travels to the diverse places where Purdue had lived in order to learn about the mysterious relative known in her family asUncle.Using fresh, unpublished source materials-including Purdue's personal correspondence, business ledgers, and the family oral histories-the author examines Purdue's beginning among illiterate, immigrant, Pennsylvania mountain-hollow folks. Uncle challenges a commonly held belief that Purdue was a cold-hearted business mogul. Instead the author shows Purdue as a human being and as a generous family man with a visionary nature.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Pennsylvania: The "Great Path" to Exploration and Education

Ch. 2. Ohio Legends and Facts: Whisler and Marion, Ohio, and Michigan

Ch. 3. Adelphi

Ch. 4. 1839-1850: Lafayette, Indiana

Ch. 5. The 1860s: Civic Leader, CEO, Manager, Connoisseur

Ch. 6. 1860: The Walnut Grove Farm

Ch. 7. 1864-1870: Uncle's First Gifts

Ch. 8. 1866-1870: "The Scales Fell From Our Eyes"

Ch. 9. 1870-1876: Industry, Mines, and Gutsy, High-Rolling Kings

Ch. 10. 1870-1876: Field of Dreams

Ch. 11. Legacy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-55753-930-8

1-55753-929-4

OCLC:

1190715252