Uncle : My Journey with John Purdue
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The Founders Series
ISBN-10
1557534578
ISBN-13
9781557534576
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Imprint
Purdue University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2007
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
569 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 16.10 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: historical, political & militaryBiography: historical, political and military
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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Uncle.Using fresh, unpublished source materials-including Purdue's personal correspondence, business ledgers, and the family oral histories-the author examines Purdue's beginning among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.
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