Uncle

My Journey with John Purdue

Irena McCammon Scott (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

274 Seiten

2007
Purdue University Press (Verlag)
978-1-55753-458-3 (ISBN)

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Describes Purdue's travels to diverse places where she lived in order to learn about the mysterious relative known in her family as Uncle. This book examines her beginning among illiterate, immigrant, Pennsylvania mountain-hollow folks. It describes the destitute family's journey into Ohio and her ascent from local entrepreneur to national figure.

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 as Uncle. Using fresh, unpublished source materials-including Purdue's personal correspondence, business ledgers, and the family oral histories-the author examines Purdue's beginning among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.

Irena McCammon Scott is the great-great-grandniece of John Purdue. She lives in Delaware County, Ohio, on a farm John Purdue is believed to have purchased in 1865 for his sister, Catherine Purdue McCammon. She has a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Missouri, was an Assistant Professor of Biology at St. Bonaventure University, and has done research and teaching at Cornell University, the Ohio State

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Prologue
Chapter One: Pennsylvania: The "Great Path" to Exploration and Education
Chapter Two: Ohio Legends and Facts: Whisler and Marion, Ohio, and Michigan
Chapter Three: Adelphi
Chapter Four: 1839–1850: Lafayette, Indiana
Chapter Five: The 1860s: Civic Leader, CEO, Manager, Connoisseur
Chapter Six: 1860: The Walnut Grove Farm
Chapter Seven: 1864–1870: Uncle's First Gifts
Chapter Eight: 1866–1870: "The Scales Fell From Our Eyes"
Chapter Nine: 1870–1876: Industry, Mines, and Gutsy, High-Rolling Kings
Chapter Ten: 1870–1876: Field of Dreams
Chapter Eleven: Legacy
Notes
References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2008
Reihe/Serie	The Founders Series
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	West Lafayette
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-55753-458-6 / 1557534586
ISBN-13	978-1-55753-458-3 / 9781557534583
Zustand	Neuware