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1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
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 by previous writers with facts gleaned from newspaper coverage, official documents, and a few rare samples of Mr. Purdue's letters. In this way, a complete picture of the man and myth is generated. |
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Purdue, John, 1802-1876.
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Purdue University -- Benefactors -- Biography.
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Purdue, John, 1802-1876.
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Purdue, John, 1802-1876 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdxx7FFJW4fjdfd6Wv73
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Purdue University
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Business.
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Benefactors
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Biography: business & industry |
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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Print version: Kriebel, Robert C., 1932- Midas of the Wabash. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, ©2002 (DLC) 2002068091 (OCoLC)50080197 |
| ISBN |
9781557539250 (e-book) |
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1557539251 |
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1557532877 |
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9781557532879 |
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9781557539267 (e-book) |
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155753926X |
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AU@ 000067957974 |
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AU@ 000070809031 |
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